#999C23#999C23

#999C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.136 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999C23
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, -15.43, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 60.05, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.0488 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.136 111)
XYZ	xyz(25.3296, 30.6713, 6.1756)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999C23 #26239C

analogous

#9C6323 #999C23 #5C9C23

triadic

#999C23 #23999C #9C2399

tetradic

#999C23 #239C63 #26239C #9C235C

square

#999C23 #239C63 #26239C #9C235C

split-complementary

#999C23 #235C9C #63239C

monochromatic

#37380D #686A18 #999C23 #CACE2E #D8DB5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#999C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#999C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999C23

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999C23	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	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)

#A99501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.136 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb969',
    500: '#999c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999c23;
$custom-light: #bbb969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.488,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6691,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.30671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999C23

secondary

#5E5BC0

accent

#41E646

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999C23

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

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