#999A21#999A21

#999A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.135 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999A21
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 78.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, -14.47, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 59.92, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.0463 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.135 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9679, 29.9941, 5.9128)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999A21 #22219A

analogous

#9A5F21 #999A21 #5D9A21

triadic

#999A21 #21999A #9A2199

tetradic

#999A21 #219A5F #22219A #9A215D

square

#999A21 #219A5F #22219A #9A215D

split-complementary

#999A21 #215D9A #5F219A

monochromatic

#35350B #676816 #999A21 #CBCC2C #DBDC5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#999A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#999A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999A21

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999A21	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.135 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb768',
    500: '#999a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999a21;
$custom-light: #bbb768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.496,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66443,
    "c": 0.13488,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999A21

secondary

#5857C0

accent

#40E841

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999A21

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

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