#99A222#99A222

#99A222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.143 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A222
RGB	rgb(153, 162, 34)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(64, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -18.56, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 62.70, 107.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0575 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.143 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3468, 32.7290, 6.4425)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A222 #2B22A2

analogous

#A26B22 #99A222 #59A222

triadic

#99A222 #2299A2 #A22299

tetradic

#99A222 #22A26B #2B22A2 #A22259

square

#99A222 #22A26B #2B22A2 #A22259

split-complementary

#99A222 #2259A2 #6B22A2

monochromatic

#393D0D #696F17 #99A222 #C8D32E #D5DE61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#99A222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#99A222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A222

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A222	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 162, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.143 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbd69',
    500: '#99a222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a222;
$custom-light: #bbbd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.219,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68279,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A222

secondary

#645DC3

accent

#40E84B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A222

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

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