#999721#999721

#999721 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.132 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999721
RGB	rgb(153, 151, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, -12.90, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 58.80, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0419 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.132 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4790, 29.0161, 5.7498)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999721 #212399

analogous

#995B21 #999721 #5F9921

triadic

#999721 #219997 #972199

tetradic

#999721 #21995B #212399 #99215F

square

#999721 #21995B #212399 #99215F

split-complementary

#999721 #215F99 #5B2199

monochromatic

#34340B #676516 #999721 #CBC92C #DBD959

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#999721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#999721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999721

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999721	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 151, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.132 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb567',
    500: '#999721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999721;
$custom-light: #bbb567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65761,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999721

secondary

#5658BF

accent

#43E840

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999721

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

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