#999A38#999A38

#999A38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.120 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999A38
RGB	rgb(153, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 63.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, -13.26, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 51.33, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.0406 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.12 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4071, 30.1697, 8.2256)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999A38 #39389A

analogous

#9A6A38 #999A38 #689A38

triadic

#999A38 #38999A #9A3899

tetradic

#999A38 #389A6A #39389A #9A3868

square

#999A38 #389A6A #39389A #9A3868

split-complementary

#999A38 #38689A #6A389A

monochromatic

#404017 #6C6D28 #999A38 #BEBF50 #CFD07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#999A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#999A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999A38

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999A38	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.120 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab773',
    500: '#999a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999a38;
$custom-light: #bab773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.612,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66612,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999A38

secondary

#7675B9

accent

#51D653

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999A38

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

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