#999F16#999F16

#999F16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.145 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999F16
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 22)
HSL	hsl(63, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 86.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -17.42, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 64.68, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0552 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.145 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6807, 31.6272, 5.5108)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999F16 #1C169F

analogous

#9F6116 #999F16 #549F16

triadic

#999F16 #16999F #9F1699

tetradic

#999F16 #169F61 #1C169F #9F1654

square

#999F16 #169F61 #1C169F #9F1654

split-complementary

#999F16 #16549F #61169F

monochromatic

#323307 #65690F #999F16 #CDD51D #DFE64A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#999F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#999F16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999F16

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999F16	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.145 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbb64',
    500: '#999f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999f16;
$custom-light: #bbbb64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.628,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67537,
    "c": 0.14462,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999F16

secondary

#4F4AC7

accent

#36F23E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999F16

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

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