#999F2C#999F2C

#999F2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.134 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999F2C
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 44)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 72.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -16.57, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 58.19, 106.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.0511 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.134 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9904, 31.7510, 7.1418)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999F2C #322C9F

analogous

#9F6B2C #999F2C #609F2C

triadic

#999F2C #2C999F #9F2C99

tetradic

#999F2C #2C9F6B #322C9F #9F2C60

square

#999F2C #2C9F6B #322C9F #9F2C60

split-complementary

#999F2C #2C609F #6B2C9F

monochromatic

#3D3F11 #6B6F1F #999F2C #C2CA3E #D2D76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#999F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#999F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999F2C

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999F2C	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.134 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babb6d',
    500: '#999f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999f2c;
$custom-light: #babb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.13,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67652,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999F2C

secondary

#6D69BE

accent

#48E050

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #999F2C

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

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