#999229#999229

#999229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.122 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999229
RGB	rgb(153, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 73.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -9.89, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 54.22, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% -0.0327 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.122 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8170, 27.4911, 6.1491)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999229 #293099

analogous

#995A29 #999229 #689929

triadic

#999229 #299992 #922999

tetradic

#999229 #29995A #293099 #992968

square

#999229 #29995A #293099 #992968

split-complementary

#999229 #296899 #5A2999

monochromatic

#38360F #69641C #999229 #C9C036 #D6CF66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#999229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#999229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999229

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999229	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)

#9F8D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5887E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.122 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab16a',
    500: '#999229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999229;
$custom-light: #bab16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 57.732,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64683,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999229

secondary

#6267BC

accent

#50E147

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999229

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

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