#999C1E#999C1E

#999C1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.138 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999C1E
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 30)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 80.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, -15.63, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 61.55, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0497 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.138 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2606, 30.6437, 5.8122)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999C1E #211E9C

analogous

#9C601E #999C1E #5A9C1E

triadic

#999C1E #1E999C #9C1E99

tetradic

#999C1E #1E9C60 #211E9C #9C1E5A

square

#999C1E #1E9C60 #211E9C #9C1E5A

split-complementary

#999C1E #1E5A9C #601E9C

monochromatic

#34350A #676914 #999C1E #CBCF28 #DBDE56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#999C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#999C1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999C1E

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999C1E	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)

#AA982A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.138 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb967',
    500: '#999c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999c1e;
$custom-light: #bbb967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66884,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999C1E

secondary

#5654C2

accent

#3DEB41

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999C1E

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

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