#999E1B#999E1B

#999E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.142 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E1B
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 27)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -16.76, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 63.11, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0531 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.142 112)
XYZ	xyz(25.5625, 31.3058, 5.7328)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E1B #201B9E

analogous

#9E621B #999E1B #589E1B

triadic

#999E1B #1B999E #9E1B99

tetradic

#999E1B #1B9E62 #201B9E #9E1B58

square

#999E1B #1B9E62 #201B9E #9E1B58

split-complementary

#999E1B #1B589E #621B9E

monochromatic

#343509 #666A12 #999E1B #CCD224 #DCE152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#999E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#999E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E1B

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E1B	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)

#AB9928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.142 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbba66',
    500: '#999e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e1b;
$custom-light: #bbba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.29,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67327,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.31305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E1B

secondary

#5551C4

accent

#3AEE41

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E1B

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

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