#999E15#999E15

#999E15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.144 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E15
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 21)
HSL	hsl(62, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(62, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -16.93, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 64.53, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0539 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.144 112)
XYZ	xyz(25.5000, 31.2808, 5.4039)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E15 #1A159E

analogous

#9E5F15 #999E15 #549E15

triadic

#999E15 #15999E #9E1599

tetradic

#999E15 #159E5F #1A159E #9E1554

square

#999E15 #159E5F #1A159E #9E1554

split-complementary

#999E15 #15549E #5F159E

monochromatic

#303207 #65680E #999E15 #CDD41C #E1E747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#999E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#999E15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E15

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E15	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.144 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbba64',
    500: '#999e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e15;
$custom-light: #bbba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.19,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67304,
    "c": 0.14394,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.3128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E15

secondary

#4C47C7

accent

#35F33C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E15

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

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