#999D37#999D37

#999D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.124 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999D37
RGB	rgb(153, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 65%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -14.89, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 53.05, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.0453 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.124 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8842, 31.1627, 8.2652)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999D37 #3B379D

analogous

#9D6E37 #999D37 #669D37

triadic

#999D37 #37999D #9D3799

tetradic

#999D37 #379D6E #3B379D #9D3766

square

#999D37 #379D6E #3B379D #9D3766

split-complementary

#999D37 #37669D #6E379D

monochromatic

#414217 #6D7027 #999D37 #BDC250 #CED17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#999D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#999D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999D37

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999D37	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.124 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab973',
    500: '#999d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999d37;
$custom-light: #bab973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67284,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999D37

secondary

#7875BB

accent

#50D855

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999D37

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

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