#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
RGBrgb(153, 155, 51)
HSLhsl(61, 50%, 40%)
HSVhsv(61, 67%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(1.3%, 0%, 67.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LABlab(62.04, -14.10, 51.97)
CIE-LCHlch(62.04, 53.84, 105.18°)
OKLaboklab(66.79% -0.0435 0.1169)
OKLCHoklch(66.79% 0.125 110.4)
XYZxyz(25.4566, 30.4547, 7.6687)
Luminance0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##999B331.002.967.097.09
#FFFFFF2.961.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0921.001.001.00
##0000007.0921.001.001.00

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

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#999B33 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva