#999922#999922

#999922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.133 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999922
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -13.91, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 59.23, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0446 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.133 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8178, 29.6710, 5.9328)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999922 #222299

analogous

#995E22 #999922 #5E9922

triadic

#999922 #229999 #992299

tetradic

#999922 #22995E #222299 #99225E

square

#999922 #22995E #222299 #99225E

split-complementary

#999922 #225E99 #5E2299

monochromatic

#35350C #676717 #999922 #CBCB2D #DBDB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#999922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#999922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999922

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999922	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)

#A69201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.133 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb668',
    500: '#999922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999922;
$custom-light: #bbb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66221,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999922

secondary

#5858BF

accent

#41E741

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999922

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

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