#999B33#999B33

#999B33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.125 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B33
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 67.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, -14.10, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 53.84, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.0435 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.125 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4566, 30.4547, 7.6687)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B33 #35339B

analogous

#9B6933 #999B33 #659B33

triadic

#999B33 #33999B #9B3399

tetradic

#999B33 #339B69 #35339B #9B3365

square

#999B33 #339B69 #35339B #9B3365

split-complementary

#999B33 #33659B #69339B

monochromatic

#3E3F15 #6C6D24 #999B33 #C1C348 #D0D276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#999B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#999B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B33

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B33	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)

#A79424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.125 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab871',
    500: '#999b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b33;
$custom-light: #bab871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 50.485,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66794,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B33

secondary

#716FBA

accent

#4EDA51

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B33

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

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