#999523#999523

#999523 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	#999523
RGB	rgb(153, 149, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 77.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -11.76, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 57.43, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.0385 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.129 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1887, 28.3894, 5.7953)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999523 #232799

analogous

#995A23 #999523 #629923

triadic

#999523 #239995 #952399

tetradic

#999523 #23995A #232799 #992362

square

#999523 #23995A #232799 #992362

split-complementary

#999523 #236299 #5A2399

monochromatic

#35340C #676418 #999523 #CBC62E #DAD65D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#999523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#999523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999523

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999523	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	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)

#A28F07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 149, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.129 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb368',
    500: '#999523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999523;
$custom-light: #bbb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6532,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999523

secondary

#595DBE

accent

#48E642

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999523

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

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