#999522#999522

#999522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.129 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999522
RGB	rgb(153, 149, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, -11.80, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 57.76, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% -0.0387 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.129 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1740, 28.3835, 5.7183)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999522 #222699

analogous

#995A22 #999522 #629922

triadic

#999522 #229995 #952299

tetradic

#999522 #22995A #222699 #992262

square

#999522 #22995A #222699 #992262

split-complementary

#999522 #226299 #5A2299

monochromatic

#35330C #676417 #999522 #CBC62D #DBD65B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#999522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#999522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999522

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999522	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 149, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.129 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb367',
    500: '#999522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999522;
$custom-light: #bbb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.983,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65314,
    "c": 0.1294,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999522

secondary

#585BBF

accent

#47E741

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999522

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

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