#999F37#999F37

#999F37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.126 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#999F37
RGB	rgb(153, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 65.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -15.93, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 53.92, 107.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0482 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.126 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2253, 31.8450, 8.3789)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#999F37 #3D379F

analogous

#9F7137 #999F37 #659F37

triadic

#999F37 #37999F #9F3799

tetradic

#999F37 #379F71 #3D379F #9F3765

square

#999F37 #379F71 #3D379F #9F3765

split-complementary

#999F37 #37659F #71379F

monochromatic

#414418 #6D7227 #999F37 #BCC351 #CED27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#999F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#999F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #999F37

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##999F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##999F37	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #999f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.126 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babb73',
    500: '#999f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #999f37;
$custom-light: #babb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#999f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.462,
    "s": 48.598,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6774,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#999F37

secondary

#7A76BC

accent

#50D858

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #999F37

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

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