#999927#999927

#999927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.131 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999927
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -13.69, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 57.57, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% -0.0436 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.131 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8952, 29.7020, 6.3407)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999927 #272799

analogous

#996027 #999927 #609927

triadic

#999927 #279999 #992799

tetradic

#999927 #279960 #272799 #992760

square

#999927 #279960 #272799 #992760

split-complementary

#999927 #276099 #602799

monochromatic

#37370E #68681B #999927 #CACA33 #D7D763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#999927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#999927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999927

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999927	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)

#A6920F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.131 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab66a',
    500: '#999927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999927;
$custom-light: #bab66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66251,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999927

secondary

#5F5FBD

accent

#45E345

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999927

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

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