#999516#999516

#999516 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.135 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999516
RGB	rgb(153, 149, 22)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(58, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, -12.21, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 61.15, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0408 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.135 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0302, 28.3260, 4.9606)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999516 #161A99

analogous

#995416 #999516 #5C9916

triadic

#999516 #169995 #951699

tetradic

#999516 #169954 #161A99 #99165C

square

#999516 #169954 #161A99 #99165C

split-complementary

#999516 #165C99 #541699

monochromatic

#2E2D07 #63610E #999516 #CFC91E #E4DF45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#999516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#999516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999516

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999516	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 149, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.135 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb363',
    500: '#999516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999516;
$custom-light: #bbb363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.168,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65257,
    "c": 0.13482,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999516

secondary

#464AC5

accent

#3CF136

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999516

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

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