#999D23#999D23

#999D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.137 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999D23
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, -15.95, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 60.44, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.0502 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.137 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4981, 31.0083, 6.2318)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999D23 #27239D

analogous

#9D6423 #999D23 #5C9D23

triadic

#999D23 #23999D #9D2399

tetradic

#999D23 #239D64 #27239D #9D235C

square

#999D23 #239D64 #27239D #9D235C

split-complementary

#999D23 #235C9D #64239D

monochromatic

#37390D #686B18 #999D23 #CACF2E #D7DB5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#999D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#999D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999D23

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999D23	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.137 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb969',
    500: '#999d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999d23;
$custom-light: #bbb969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.967,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67138,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999D23

secondary

#5F5CC0

accent

#41E747

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999D23

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

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