#999228#999228

#999228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.123 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999228
RGB	rgb(153, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 73.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -9.94, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 54.59, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% -0.0329 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.123 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7997, 27.4842, 6.0584)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999228 #282F99

analogous

#995928 #999228 #679928

triadic

#999228 #289992 #922899

tetradic

#999228 #289959 #282F99 #992867

square

#999228 #289959 #282F99 #992867

split-complementary

#999228 #286799 #592899

monochromatic

#38350F #68641B #999228 #CAC035 #D7D065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#999228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#999228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999228

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999228	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.123 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab16a',
    500: '#999228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999228;
$custom-light: #bab16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 58.549,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64676,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999228

secondary

#6066BD

accent

#50E246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999228

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

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