#999E22#999E22

#999E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.138 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E22
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 34)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, -16.51, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 61.13, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0518 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.138 112)
XYZ	xyz(25.6533, 31.3422, 6.2114)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E22 #27229E

analogous

#9E6522 #999E22 #5B9E22

triadic

#999E22 #22999E #9E2299

tetradic

#999E22 #229E65 #27229E #9E225B

square

#999E22 #229E65 #27229E #9E225B

split-complementary

#999E22 #225B9E #65229E

monochromatic

#37390C #686C17 #999E22 #CAD02D #D7DC5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#999E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#999E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E22

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E22	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)

#AB992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.138 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbba69',
    500: '#999e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e22;
$custom-light: #bbba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.419,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67361,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.31342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E22

secondary

#5F5BC1

accent

#40E847

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E22

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

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