#999921#999921

#999921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.134 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999921
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -13.95, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 59.54, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0448 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.134 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8036, 29.6653, 5.8580)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999921 #212199

analogous

#995D21 #999921 #5D9921

triadic

#999921 #219999 #992199

tetradic

#999921 #21995D #212199 #99215D

square

#999921 #21995D #212199 #99215D

split-complementary

#999921 #215D99 #5D2199

monochromatic

#34340B #676716 #999921 #CBCB2C #DBDB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#999921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#999921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999921

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999921	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.134 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb667',
    500: '#999921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999921;
$custom-light: #bbb667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66215,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999921

secondary

#5656BF

accent

#40E840

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999921

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

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