#999933#999933

#999933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.123 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999933
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -13.05, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 53.01, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% -0.0405 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.123 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1265, 29.7945, 7.5587)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999933 #333399

analogous

#996633 #999933 #669933

triadic

#999933 #339999 #993399

tetradic

#999933 #339966 #333399 #993366

square

#999933 #339966 #333399 #993366

split-complementary

#999933 #336699 #663399

monochromatic

#3D3D14 #6B6B24 #999933 #C2C247 #D1D175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#999933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#999933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999933

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999933	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.123 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab671',
    500: '#999933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999933;
$custom-light: #bab671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66341,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999933

secondary

#6E6EB9

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999933

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

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