#999B2A#999B2A

#999B2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.131 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B2A
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 72.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -14.60, 55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 57.30, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% -0.0458 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.131 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2770, 30.3829, 6.7230)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B2A #2C2A9B

analogous

#9B642A #999B2A #609B2A

triadic

#999B2A #2A999B #9B2A99

tetradic

#999B2A #2A9B64 #2C2A9B #9B2A60

square

#999B2A #2A9B64 #2C2A9B #9B2A60

split-complementary

#999B2A #2A609B #642A9B

monochromatic

#3A3B10 #696B1D #999B2A #C7C939 #D4D669

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#999B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#999B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B2A

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B2A	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.131 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab86c',
    500: '#999b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b2a;
$custom-light: #bab86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.062,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66726,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B2A

secondary

#6664BD

accent

#47E14A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B2A

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

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