#999C27#999C27

#999C27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.134 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999C27
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 39)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, -15.26, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 58.74, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0479 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.134 111)
XYZ	xyz(25.3924, 30.6964, 6.5065)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999C27 #2A279C

analogous

#9C6427 #999C27 #5F9C27

triadic

#999C27 #27999C #9C2799

tetradic

#999C27 #279C64 #2A279C #9C275F

square

#999C27 #279C64 #2A279C #9C275F

split-complementary

#999C27 #275F9C #64279C

monochromatic

#393A0F #696B1B #999C27 #C8CC34 #D6D865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#999C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#999C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999C27

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999C27	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9950D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.134 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab96b',
    500: '#999c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999c27;
$custom-light: #bab96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.538,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66934,
    "c": 0.13369,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.30696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999C27

secondary

#6361BE

accent

#45E349

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999C27

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

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