#999E27#999E27

#999E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.136 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E27
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 39)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 75.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -16.30, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 59.53, 105.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.0508 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.136 112)
XYZ	xyz(25.7308, 31.3731, 6.6193)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E27 #2C279E

analogous

#9E6727 #999E27 #5D9E27

triadic

#999E27 #27999E #9E2799

tetradic

#999E27 #279E67 #2C279E #9E275D

square

#999E27 #279E67 #2C279E #9E275D

split-complementary

#999E27 #275D9E #67279E

monochromatic

#3A3C0F #696D1B #999E27 #C7CD35 #D4D966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#999E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#999E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E27

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E27	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)

#AA970C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.136 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baba6b',
    500: '#999e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e27;
$custom-light: #baba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.521,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67391,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.31373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E27

secondary

#6662BF

accent

#44E44B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E27

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

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