#999B1E#999B1E

#999B1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.137 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B1E
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 30)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -15.11, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 61.18, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0483 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.137 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0935, 30.3095, 5.7565)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B1E #201E9B

analogous

#9B5F1E #999B1E #5B9B1E

triadic

#999B1E #1E999B #9B1E99

tetradic

#999B1E #1E9B5F #201E9B #9B1E5B

square

#999B1E #1E9B5F #201E9B #9B1E5B

split-complementary

#999B1E #1E5B9B #5F1E9B

monochromatic

#34340A #666814 #999B1E #CCCE28 #DCDE55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#999B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#999B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B1E

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B1E	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.137 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb866',
    500: '#999b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b1e;
$custom-light: #bbb866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.96,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66655,
    "c": 0.13734,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B1E

secondary

#5553C2

accent

#3DEA40

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B1E

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

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