#999B27#999B27

#999B27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.133 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#999B27
RGBrgb(153, 155, 39)
HSLhsl(61, 60%, 38%)
HSVhsv(61, 75%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(1.3%, 0%, 74.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LABlab(61.97, -14.74, 56.46)
CIE-LCHlch(61.97, 58.35, 104.63°)
OKLaboklab(66.71% -0.0465 0.1242)
OKLCHoklch(66.71% 0.133 110.5)
XYZxyz(25.2253, 30.3622, 6.4508)
Luminance0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#999B27 #29279B
analogous
#9B6327 #999B27 #5F9B27
triadic
#999B27 #27999B #9B2799
tetradic
#999B27 #279B63 #29279B #9B275F
square
#999B27 #279B63 #29279B #9B275F
split-complementary
#999B27 #275F9B #63279B
monochromatic
#38390E #696A1B #999B27 #C9CC33 #D6D864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97
#999B27 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07
#999B27 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B27
7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##999B27#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##999B271.002.977.077.07
#FFFFFF2.971.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0721.001.001.00
##0000007.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8940E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A99730
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A49185
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #999b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.133 110.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab86a',
    500: '#999b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #999b27;
$custom-light: #bab86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#999b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.034,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66706,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#999B27
secondary
#6260BE
accent
#45E348
background
#FBFBF6
surface
#F7F6EC
border
#D0D0C7
text
#121107
muted
#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B27

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#999B27 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva