#999B2E#999B2E

#999B2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.128 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B2E
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 70.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, -14.39, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 55.81, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% -0.0448 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.128 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3522, 30.4129, 7.1190)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B2E #302E9B

analogous

#9B672E #999B2E #639B2E

triadic

#999B2E #2E999B #9B2E99

tetradic

#999B2E #2E9B67 #302E9B #9B2E63

square

#999B2E #2E9B67 #302E9B #9B2E63

split-complementary

#999B2E #2E639B #672E9B

monochromatic

#3C3D12 #6A6C20 #999B2E #C4C640 #D2D46F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#999B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#999B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B2E

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B2E	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)

#A7941C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.128 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab86e',
    500: '#999b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b2e;
$custom-light: #bab86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.101,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66754,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B2E

secondary

#6B69BC

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B2E

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

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