#99A422#99A422

#99A422 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	#99A422
RGB	rgb(153, 164, 34)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 79.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -19.58, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 63.50, 107.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0603 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.145 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7019, 33.4392, 6.5609)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A422 #2D22A4

analogous

#A46E22 #99A422 #58A422

triadic

#99A422 #2299A4 #A42299

tetradic

#99A422 #22A46E #2D22A4 #A42258

square

#99A422 #22A46E #2D22A4 #A42258

split-complementary

#99A422 #2258A4 #6E22A4

monochromatic

#3A3F0D #6A7117 #99A422 #C6D42F #D4DE62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#99A422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#99A422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A422

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A422	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: #99a422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 164, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.145 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbe69',
    500: '#99a422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a422;
$custom-light: #bbbe69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.077,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6874,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A422

secondary

#675EC4

accent

#3FE94E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A422

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

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