#999B20#999B20

#999B20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.136 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B20
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 32)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 79.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, -15.03, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 60.59, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0479 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.136 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1198, 30.3200, 5.8953)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B20 #22209B

analogous

#9B6020 #999B20 #5C9B20

triadic

#999B20 #20999B #9B2099

tetradic

#999B20 #209B60 #22209B #9B205C

square

#999B20 #209B60 #22209B #9B205C

split-complementary

#999B20 #205C9B #60209B

monochromatic

#35360B #676816 #999B20 #CBCE2A #DBDD59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#999B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#999B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B20

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B20	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)

#A9972B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.136 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb867',
    500: '#999b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b20;
$custom-light: #bbb867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.976,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66665,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B20

secondary

#5856C1

accent

#3FE942

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B20

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

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