#999E23#999E23

#999E23 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	#999E23
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, -16.47, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 60.83, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.0516 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.138 112)
XYZ	xyz(25.6680, 31.3480, 6.2884)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E23 #28239E

analogous

#9E6523 #999E23 #5B9E23

triadic

#999E23 #23999E #9E2399

tetradic

#999E23 #239E65 #28239E #9E235B

square

#999E23 #239E65 #28239E #9E235B

split-complementary

#999E23 #235B9E #65239E

monochromatic

#383A0D #686C18 #999E23 #CAD02E #D7DC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#999E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#999E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E23

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E23	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)

#AB992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.138 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbba69',
    500: '#999e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e23;
$custom-light: #bbba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.439,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67367,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.31347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E23

secondary

#605CC1

accent

#41E748

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E23

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

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