#999722#999722

#999722 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.131 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#999722
RGBrgb(153, 151, 34)
HSLhsl(59, 64%, 37%)
HSVhsv(59, 78%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.3%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(60.80, -12.86, 57.06)
CIE-LCHlch(60.80, 58.49, 102.70°)
OKLaboklab(65.77% -0.0417 0.1246)
OKLCHoklch(65.77% 0.131 108.5)
XYZxyz(24.4932, 29.0218, 5.8246)
Luminance0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#999722 #222499
analogous
#995C22 #999722 #609922
triadic
#999722 #229997 #972299
tetradic
#999722 #22995C #222499 #992260
square
#999722 #22995C #222499 #992260
split-complementary
#999722 #226099 #5C2299
monochromatic
#35340C #676617 #999722 #CBC82D #DBD85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09
#999722 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80
#999722 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999722
6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##999722#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##9997221.003.096.806.80
#FFFFFF3.091.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8021.001.001.00
##0000006.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A49102
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6942C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A48D81
Achromatopsia (no color)
#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #999722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 151, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.131 108.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb568',
    500: '#999722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #999722;
$custom-light: #bbb568;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#999722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65767,
    "c": 0.13136,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#999722
secondary
#585ABF
accent
#44E741
background
#FBFBF6
surface
#F7F6EB
border
#D0D0C6
text
#121107
muted
#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999722

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#999722 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva