#99A017#99A017

#99A017 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.145 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A017
RGB	rgb(153, 160, 23)
HSL	hsl(63, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(63, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -17.91, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 64.82, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0565 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.145 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8632, 31.9764, 5.6201)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A017 #1E17A0

analogous

#A06217 #99A017 #54A017

triadic

#99A017 #1799A0 #A01799

tetradic

#99A017 #17A062 #1E17A0 #A01754

square

#99A017 #17A062 #1E17A0 #A01754

split-complementary

#99A017 #1754A0 #6217A0

monochromatic

#333508 #666A0F #99A017 #CCD61F #DDE54C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#99A017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#99A017 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A017

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A017	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	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: #99a017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 160, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.145 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbb65',
    500: '#99a017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a017;
$custom-light: #bbbb65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.066,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6777,
    "c": 0.1453,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A017

secondary

#524CC7

accent

#36F140

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A017

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

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