#999E21#999E21

#999E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.139 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E21
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 79.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -16.55, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 61.44, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.052 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.139 112)
XYZ	xyz(25.6391, 31.3365, 6.1365)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E21 #26219E

analogous

#9E6521 #999E21 #5B9E21

triadic

#999E21 #21999E #9E2199

tetradic

#999E21 #219E65 #26219E #9E215B

square

#999E21 #219E65 #26219E #9E215B

split-complementary

#999E21 #215B9E #65219E

monochromatic

#37390C #686B16 #999E21 #CAD12C #D8DD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#999E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#999E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E21

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E21	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.139 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbba68',
    500: '#999e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e21;
$custom-light: #bbba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67356,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.31336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E21

secondary

#5E59C1

accent

#3FE846

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E21

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

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