#99A227#99A227

#99A227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.140 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A227
RGB	rgb(153, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -18.35, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 61.15, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0565 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.14 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4242, 32.7600, 6.8504)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A227 #3027A2

analogous

#A26E27 #99A227 #5CA227

triadic

#99A227 #2799A2 #A22799

tetradic

#99A227 #27A26E #3027A2 #A2275C

square

#99A227 #27A26E #3027A2 #A2275C

split-complementary

#99A227 #275CA2 #6E27A2

monochromatic

#3C3F0F #6A711B #99A227 #C4CF37 #D2DB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#99A227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#99A227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A227

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A227	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)

#AE9A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.140 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babd6b',
    500: '#99a227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a227;
$custom-light: #babd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.39,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68307,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A227

secondary

#6B64C1

accent

#43E44F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A227

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

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