#999E37#999E37

#999E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.125 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999E37
RGB	rgb(153, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 65.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -15.41, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 53.48, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0468 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.125 112)
XYZ	xyz(26.0541, 31.5025, 8.3218)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999E37 #3C379E

analogous

#9E7037 #999E37 #669E37

triadic

#999E37 #37999E #9E3799

tetradic

#999E37 #379E70 #3C379E #9E3766

square

#999E37 #379E70 #3C379E #9E3766

split-complementary

#999E37 #37669E #70379E

monochromatic

#414317 #6D7127 #999E37 #BDC250 #CED27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#999E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#999E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999E37

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999E37	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.125 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baba73',
    500: '#999e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999e37;
$custom-light: #baba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.913,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67512,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.31502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999E37

secondary

#7976BB

accent

#50D856

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999E37

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

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