#999936#999936

#999936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.120 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999936
RGB	rgb(153, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -12.86, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 51.76, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% -0.0397 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.12 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1948, 29.8218, 7.9183)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999936 #363699

analogous

#996736 #999936 #679936

triadic

#999936 #369999 #993699

tetradic

#999936 #369967 #363699 #993667

square

#999936 #369967 #363699 #993667

split-complementary

#999936 #366799 #673699

monochromatic

#3F3F16 #6C6C26 #999936 #C0C04C #D0D07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#999936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#999936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #999936

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999936	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)

#A59329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.120 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab672',
    500: '#999936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999936;
$custom-light: #bab672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66367,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999936

secondary

#7272B9

accent

#50D750

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999936

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

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