#999923#999923

#999923 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 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999923
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -13.87, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 58.91, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% -0.0444 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.133 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8324, 29.6769, 6.0099)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999923 #232399

analogous

#995E23 #999923 #5E9923

triadic

#999923 #239999 #992399

tetradic

#999923 #23995E #232399 #99235E

square

#999923 #23995E #232399 #99235E

split-complementary

#999923 #235E99 #5E2399

monochromatic

#35350C #676718 #999923 #CBCB2E #DADA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#999923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#999923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999923

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999923	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69204

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.133 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb668',
    500: '#999923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999923;
$custom-light: #bbb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66227,
    "c": 0.13283,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999923

secondary

#5959BE

accent

#42E642

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999923

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

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