#999E17#999E17

#999E17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.143 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E17
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 23)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(62, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -16.88, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 64.08, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0537 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.143 112)
XYZ	xyz(25.5193, 31.2886, 5.5055)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E17 #1C179E

analogous

#9E5F17 #999E17 #569E17

triadic

#999E17 #17999E #9E1799

tetradic

#999E17 #179E5F #1C179E #9E1756

square

#999E17 #179E5F #1C179E #9E1756

split-complementary

#999E17 #17569E #5F179E

monochromatic

#323307 #65690F #999E17 #CDD31F #DFE54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#999E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#999E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E17

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E17	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)

#AB9926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.143 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbba64',
    500: '#999e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e17;
$custom-light: #bbba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67311,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.31288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E17

secondary

#4F4AC6

accent

#37F13D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E17

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

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