#999236#999236

#999236 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.113 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999236
RGB	rgb(153, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 64.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -9.14, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 48.92, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0292 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.113 105)
XYZ	xyz(24.0825, 27.5973, 7.5476)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999236 #363D99

analogous

#996136 #999236 #6E9936

triadic

#999236 #369992 #923699

tetradic

#999236 #369961 #363D99 #99366E

square

#999236 #369961 #363D99 #99366E

split-complementary

#999236 #366E99 #613699

monochromatic

#3F3C16 #6C6726 #999236 #C0B84C #D0CA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#999236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#999236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999236

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999236	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.113 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab172',
    500: '#999236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999236;
$custom-light: #bab172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.758,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64792,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.27596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999236

secondary

#7277B9

accent

#5AD750

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F5ED

border

#D0CFC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999236

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

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