#999816#999816

#999816 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.138 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999816
RGB	rgb(153, 152, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(60, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -13.79, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 62.17, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.0452 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.138 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5109, 29.2875, 5.1208)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999816 #161799

analogous

#995716 #999816 #599916

triadic

#999816 #169998 #981699

tetradic

#999816 #169957 #161799 #991659

square

#999816 #169957 #161799 #991659

split-complementary

#999816 #165999 #571699

monochromatic

#2E2E07 #63630E #999816 #CFCD1E #E4E345

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#999816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#999816 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999816

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999816	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 152, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.138 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb663',
    500: '#999816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999816;
$custom-light: #bbb663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65937,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999816

secondary

#4647C5

accent

#38F136

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999816

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

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