#999916#999916

#999916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.139 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999916
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(60, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, -14.31, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 62.52, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0466 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.139 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6739, 29.6135, 5.1751)
Luminance	0.2961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999916 #161699

analogous

#995816 #999916 #589916

triadic

#999916 #169999 #991699

tetradic

#999916 #169958 #161699 #991658

square

#999916 #169958 #161699 #991658

split-complementary

#999916 #165899 #581699

monochromatic

#2E2E07 #63630E #999916 #CFCF1E #E4E445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#999916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#999916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999916

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999916	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.139 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb663',
    500: '#999916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999916;
$custom-light: #bbb663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66165,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999916

secondary

#4646C5

accent

#36F136

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999916

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

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