#999316#999316

#999316 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.133 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999316
RGB	rgb(153, 147, 22)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(57, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -11.15, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 60.48, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0379 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.133 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7165, 27.6986, 4.8560)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999316 #161C99

analogous

#995216 #999316 #5E9916

triadic

#999316 #169993 #931699

tetradic

#999316 #169952 #161C99 #99165E

square

#999316 #169952 #161C99 #99165E

split-complementary

#999316 #165E99 #521699

monochromatic

#2E2C07 #63600E #999316 #CFC61E #E4DD45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#999316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#999316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999316

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999316	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 147, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.133 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb262',
    500: '#999316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999316;
$custom-light: #bbb262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64805,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999316

secondary

#464CC5

accent

#3FF136

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999316

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

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