#999B23#999B23

#999B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.135 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B23
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, -14.91, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 59.67, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0473 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.135 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1625, 30.3371, 6.1199)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B23 #25239B

analogous

#9B6123 #999B23 #5D9B23

triadic

#999B23 #23999B #9B2399

tetradic

#999B23 #239B61 #25239B #9B235D

square

#999B23 #239B61 #25239B #9B235D

split-complementary

#999B23 #235D9B #61239B

monochromatic

#36370C #686918 #999B23 #CACD2E #D9DB5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#999B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#999B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B23

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B23	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)

#A89402

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.135 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb869',
    500: '#999b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b23;
$custom-light: #bbb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66682,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B23

secondary

#5C5ABF

accent

#42E644

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B23

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

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