#999F2E#999F2E

#999F2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.133 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999F2E
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 71.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -16.47, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 57.46, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0506 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.133 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0289, 31.7664, 7.3446)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999F2E #342E9F

analogous

#9F6D2E #999F2E #609F2E

triadic

#999F2E #2E999F #9F2E99

tetradic

#999F2E #2E9F6D #342E9F #9F2E60

square

#999F2E #2E9F6D #342E9F #9F2E60

split-complementary

#999F2E #2E609F #6D2E9F

monochromatic

#3E4013 #6B7020 #999F2E #C1C842 #D1D671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#999F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#999F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999F2E

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999F2E	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)

#AB981B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.133 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babb6e',
    500: '#999f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999f2e;
$custom-light: #babb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.186,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67667,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999F2E

secondary

#706BBE

accent

#49DE51

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999F2E

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

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