#999716#999716

#999716 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.137 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999716
RGB	rgb(153, 151, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(59, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -13.26, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 61.83, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% -0.0437 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.137 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3493, 28.9643, 5.0669)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999716 #161899

analogous

#995616 #999716 #5A9916

triadic

#999716 #169997 #971699

tetradic

#999716 #169956 #161899 #99165A

square

#999716 #169956 #161899 #99165A

split-complementary

#999716 #165A99 #561699

monochromatic

#2E2D07 #63620E #999716 #CFCC1E #E4E245

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#999716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#999716 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999716

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999716	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 151, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.137 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb563',
    500: '#999716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999716;
$custom-light: #bbb563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6571,
    "c": 0.1367,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999716

secondary

#4648C5

accent

#39F136

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999716

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

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