#99A421#99A421

#99A421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.145 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A421
RGB	rgb(153, 164, 33)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -19.62, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 63.79, 107.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0605 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.145 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6877, 33.4335, 6.4860)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A421 #2C21A4

analogous

#A46D21 #99A421 #57A421

triadic

#99A421 #2199A4 #A42199

tetradic

#99A421 #21A46D #2C21A4 #A42157

square

#99A421 #21A46D #2C21A4 #A42157

split-complementary

#99A421 #2157A4 #6D21A4

monochromatic

#3A3E0C #697117 #99A421 #C7D52D #D4DF60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#99A421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#99A421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A421

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A421	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 164, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.145 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbe69',
    500: '#99a421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a421;
$custom-light: #bbbe69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.038,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68735,
    "c": 0.14537,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A421

secondary

#665DC4

accent

#3EE94D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A421

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

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