#999B31#999B31

#999B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.126 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B31
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 68.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, -14.22, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 54.65, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% -0.044 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.126 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4134, 30.4374, 7.4414)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B31 #33319B

analogous

#9B6831 #999B31 #649B31

triadic

#999B31 #31999B #9B3199

tetradic

#999B31 #319B68 #33319B #9B3164

square

#999B31 #319B68 #33319B #9B3164

split-complementary

#999B31 #31649B #68319B

monochromatic

#3D3E14 #6B6D22 #999B31 #C2C445 #D1D373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#999B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#999B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B31

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B31	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.126 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab870',
    500: '#999b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b31;
$custom-light: #bab870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 51.961,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66778,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B31

secondary

#6E6DBB

accent

#4CDB4F

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B31

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

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