#999B22#999B22

#999B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.135 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B22
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, -14.95, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 59.98, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0475 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.135 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1479, 30.3312, 6.0429)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B22 #24229B

analogous

#9B6122 #999B22 #5C9B22

triadic

#999B22 #22999B #9B2299

tetradic

#999B22 #229B61 #24229B #9B225C

square

#999B22 #229B61 #24229B #9B225C

split-complementary

#999B22 #225C9B #61229B

monochromatic

#36370C #676917 #999B22 #CBCD2D #D9DB5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#999B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#999B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B22

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B22	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.135 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb868',
    500: '#999b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b22;
$custom-light: #bbb868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.992,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66676,
    "c": 0.13539,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B22

secondary

#5B59C0

accent

#41E744

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B22

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

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