#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
RGBrgb(153, 158, 35)
HSLhsl(62, 64%, 38%)
HSVhsv(62, 78%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(3.2%, 0%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(62.80, -16.47, 58.55)
CIE-LCHlch(62.80, 60.83, 105.71°)
OKLaboklab(67.37% -0.0516 0.128)
OKLCHoklch(67.37% 0.138 112)
XYZxyz(25.6680, 31.3480, 6.2884)
Luminance0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##999E231.002.897.277.27
#FFFFFF2.891.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2721.001.001.00
##0000007.2721.001.001.00

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

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#999E23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva