#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
RGBrgb(153, 146, 37)
HSLhsl(56, 61%, 37%)
HSVhsv(56, 76%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.6%, 75.8%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(59.40, -10.08, 54.75)
CIE-LCHlch(59.40, 55.67, 100.43°)
OKLaboklab(64.66% -0.0336 0.1202)
OKLCHoklch(64.66% 0.125 105.6)
XYZxyz(23.7507, 27.4645, 5.8000)
Luminance0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##9992251.003.236.496.49
#FFFFFF3.231.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4921.001.001.00
##0000006.4921.001.001.00

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

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#999225 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva