#99A016#99A016

#99A016 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.146 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A016
RGB	rgb(153, 160, 22)
HSL	hsl(63, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(63, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -17.93, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 65.04, 106.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0566 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.146 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8534, 31.9725, 5.5683)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A016 #1D16A0

analogous

#A06216 #99A016 #54A016

triadic

#99A016 #1699A0 #A01699

tetradic

#99A016 #16A062 #1D16A0 #A01654

square

#99A016 #16A062 #1D16A0 #A01654

split-complementary

#99A016 #1654A0 #6216A0

monochromatic

#323407 #666A0F #99A016 #CCD61D #DEE64A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#99A016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#99A016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A016

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A016	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 160, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.146 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbb64',
    500: '#99a016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a016;
$custom-light: #bbbb64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.043,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67767,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A016

secondary

#514AC8

accent

#35F23F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A016

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

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