#999C1B#999C1B

#999C1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.140 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999C1B
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 27)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 82.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -15.73, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 62.37, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.0502 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.14 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2241, 30.6291, 5.6200)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999C1B #1E1B9C

analogous

#9C5E1B #999C1B #589C1B

triadic

#999C1B #1B999C #9C1B99

tetradic

#999C1B #1B9C5E #1E1B9C #9C1B58

square

#999C1B #1B9C5E #1E1B9C #9C1B58

split-complementary

#999C1B #1B589C #5E1B9C

monochromatic

#333409 #666812 #999C1B #CCD024 #DDE151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#999C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#999C1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999C1B

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999C1B	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.140 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb965',
    500: '#999c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999c1b;
$custom-light: #bbb965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6687,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999C1B

secondary

#524FC3

accent

#3BED3F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999C1B

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

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