#999C2B#999C2B

#999C2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.131 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999C2B
RGB	rgb(153, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 72.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, -15.07, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 57.33, 105.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% -0.047 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.131 111)
XYZ	xyz(25.4622, 30.7243, 6.8741)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999C2B #2E2B9C

analogous

#9C672B #999C2B #619C2B

triadic

#999C2B #2B999C #9C2B99

tetradic

#999C2B #2B9C67 #2E2B9C #9C2B61

square

#999C2B #2B9C67 #2E2B9C #9C2B61

split-complementary

#999C2B #2B619C #672B9C

monochromatic

#3B3C11 #6A6C1E #999C2B #C5C93B #D3D66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#999C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#999C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999C2B

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999C2B	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)

#A89516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.131 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab96d',
    500: '#999c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999c2b;
$custom-light: #bab96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.593,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6696,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.30724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999C2B

secondary

#6866BD

accent

#48E04C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999C2B

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

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