#999E2B#999E2B

#999E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.133 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E2B
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 72.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -16.11, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 58.14, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.0499 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.133 112)
XYZ	xyz(25.8006, 31.4011, 6.9869)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E2B #302B9E

analogous

#9E6A2B #999E2B #5F9E2B

triadic

#999E2B #2B999E #9E2B99

tetradic

#999E2B #2B9E6A #302B9E #9E2B5F

square

#999E2B #2B9E6A #302B9E #9E2B5F

split-complementary

#999E2B #2B5F9E #6A2B9E

monochromatic

#3C3E11 #6A6E1E #999E2B #C4CA3C #D2D76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#999E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#999E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E2B

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E2B	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.133 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baba6d',
    500: '#999e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e2b;
$custom-light: #baba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67417,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E2B

secondary

#6B67BE

accent

#47E04E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E2B

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

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