#999225#999225

#999225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.125 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999225
RGB	rgb(153, 146, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 75.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -10.08, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 55.67, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.0336 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.125 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7507, 27.4645, 5.8000)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999225 #252C99

analogous

#995825 #999225 #669925

triadic

#999225 #259992 #922599

tetradic

#999225 #259958 #252C99 #992566

square

#999225 #259958 #252C99 #992566

split-complementary

#999225 #256699 #582599

monochromatic

#36340D #686319 #999225 #CAC131 #D9D160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#999225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#999225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999225

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999225	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#9F8D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 146, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.125 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb168',
    500: '#999225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999225;
$custom-light: #bbb168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.379,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64656,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999225

secondary

#5C62BE

accent

#4DE444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999225

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

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