#999D1B#999D1B

#999D1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.141 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999D1B
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 27)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 82.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, -16.24, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 62.74, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0516 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.141 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3926, 30.9661, 5.6761)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999D1B #1F1B9D

analogous

#9D601B #999D1B #589D1B

triadic

#999D1B #1B999D #9D1B99

tetradic

#999D1B #1B9D60 #1F1B9D #9D1B58

square

#999D1B #1B9D60 #1F1B9D #9D1B58

split-complementary

#999D1B #1B589D #601B9D

monochromatic

#333509 #666912 #999D1B #CCD124 #DDE151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#999D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#999D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999D1B

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999D1B	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.141 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb966',
    500: '#999d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999d1b;
$custom-light: #bbb966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.846,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67098,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999D1B

secondary

#5450C4

accent

#3AED40

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999D1B

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

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