#999E33#999E33

#999E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.128 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E33
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 67.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -15.66, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 55.11, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0479 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.128 112)
XYZ	xyz(25.9620, 31.4656, 7.8372)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E33 #38339E

analogous

#9E6D33 #999E33 #639E33

triadic

#999E33 #33999E #9E3399

tetradic

#999E33 #339E6D #38339E #9E3363

square

#999E33 #339E6D #38339E #9E3363

split-complementary

#999E33 #33639E #6D339E

monochromatic

#3F4115 #6C7024 #999E33 #BFC44A #CFD378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#999E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#999E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E33

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E33	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.128 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baba71',
    500: '#999e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e33;
$custom-light: #baba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.804,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67477,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.31465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E33

secondary

#7471BC

accent

#4DDB54

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E33

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

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