#999D2B#999D2B

#999D2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.132 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999D2B
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 72.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, -15.59, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 57.74, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0485 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.132 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6307, 31.0613, 6.9303)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999D2B #2F2B9D

analogous

#9D682B #999D2B #609D2B

triadic

#999D2B #2B999D #9D2B99

tetradic

#999D2B #2B9D68 #2F2B9D #9D2B60

square

#999D2B #2B9D68 #2F2B9D #9D2B60

split-complementary

#999D2B #2B609D #682B9D

monochromatic

#3B3D11 #6A6D1E #999D2B #C5CA3C #D3D76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#999D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#999D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999D2B

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999D2B	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.132 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab96d',
    500: '#999d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999d2b;
$custom-light: #bab96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.105,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67188,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999D2B

secondary

#6966BD

accent

#48E04D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999D2B

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

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