#999B37#999B37

#999B37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.122 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999B37
RGB	rgb(153, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 64.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, -13.85, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 52.19, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0424 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.122 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5486, 30.4915, 8.1533)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999B37 #39379B

analogous

#9B6B37 #999B37 #679B37

triadic

#999B37 #37999B #9B3799

tetradic

#999B37 #379B6B #39379B #9B3767

square

#999B37 #379B6B #39379B #9B3767

split-complementary

#999B37 #37679B #6B379B

monochromatic

#404117 #6C6E27 #999B37 #BEC04F #CFD07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#999B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#999B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999B37

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999B37	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.122 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab873',
    500: '#999b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999b37;
$custom-light: #bab873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66829,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999B37

secondary

#7674BA

accent

#51D753

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999B37

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

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