#999616#999616

#999616 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.136 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999616
RGB	rgb(153, 150, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -12.74, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 61.49, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0423 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.136 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1891, 28.6438, 5.0135)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999616 #161999

analogous

#995516 #999616 #5B9916

triadic

#999616 #169996 #961699

tetradic

#999616 #169955 #161999 #99165B

square

#999616 #169955 #161999 #99165B

split-complementary

#999616 #165B99 #551699

monochromatic

#2E2D07 #63620E #999616 #CFCA1E #E4E145

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#999616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#999616 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999616

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999616	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 150, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.136 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb463',
    500: '#999616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999616;
$custom-light: #bbb463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65483,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999616

secondary

#4649C5

accent

#3BF136

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999616

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →