#999221#999221

#999221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.127 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999221
RGB	rgb(153, 146, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -10.25, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 57.02, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0345 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.127 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6913, 27.4408, 5.4872)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999221 #212899

analogous

#995621 #999221 #649921

triadic

#999221 #219992 #922199

tetradic

#999221 #219956 #212899 #992164

square

#999221 #219956 #212899 #992164

split-complementary

#999221 #216499 #562199

monochromatic

#34320B #676216 #999221 #CBC22C #DBD459

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#999221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#999221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999221

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999221	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 146, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.127 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb167',
    500: '#999221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999221;
$custom-light: #bbb167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64632,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999221

secondary

#565DBF

accent

#4AE840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999221

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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