#99A161#99A161

#99A161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.087 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A161
RGB	rgb(153, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(68, 25%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 40%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 39.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -13.11, 32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 34.91, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0361 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.087 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0396, 33.1254, 16.2237)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A161 #6961A1

analogous

#A18961 #99A161 #79A161

triadic

#99A161 #6199A1 #A16199

tetradic

#99A161 #61A189 #6961A1 #A16179

square

#99A161 #61A189 #6961A1 #A16179

split-complementary

#99A161 #6179A1 #8961A1

monochromatic

#515533 #757B49 #99A161 #B2B887 #CBCFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#99A161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#99A161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A161

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A161	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99B5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.087 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8bc8f',
    500: '#99a161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a161;
$custom-light: #b8bc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 25.397,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68732,
    "c": 0.08684,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A161

secondary

#A4A1BD

accent

#66C271

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11120C

muted

#80817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A161

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

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