#99A228#99A228

#99A228 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	#99A228
RGB	rgb(153, 162, 40)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -18.31, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 60.82, 107.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0563 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.14 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4410, 32.7667, 6.9388)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A228 #3128A2

analogous

#A26E28 #99A228 #5CA228

triadic

#99A228 #2899A2 #A22899

tetradic

#99A228 #28A26E #3128A2 #A2285C

square

#99A228 #28A26E #3128A2 #A2285C

split-complementary

#99A228 #285CA2 #6E28A2

monochromatic

#3C4010 #6B711C #99A228 #C3CE39 #D2DA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#99A228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#99A228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A228

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A228	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)

#AE9A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 162, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.140 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babd6c',
    500: '#99a228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a228;
$custom-light: #babd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.426,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68314,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A228

secondary

#6C65C1

accent

#44E450

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A228

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

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