#999822#999822

#999822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.132 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999822
RGB	rgb(153, 152, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -13.39, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 58.86, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.0432 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.132 109)
XYZ	xyz(24.6548, 29.3451, 5.8785)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999822 #222399

analogous

#995D22 #999822 #5F9922

triadic

#999822 #229998 #982299

tetradic

#999822 #22995D #222399 #99225F

square

#999822 #22995D #222399 #99225F

split-complementary

#999822 #225F99 #5D2299

monochromatic

#35350C #676617 #999822 #CBCA2D #DBD95B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#999822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#999822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999822

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999822	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 152, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.132 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb668',
    500: '#999822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999822;
$custom-light: #bbb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.496,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65994,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.29344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999822

secondary

#5859BF

accent

#43E741

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999822

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →