#99A42A#99A42A

#99A42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.141 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A42A
RGB	rgb(153, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -19.23, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 60.97, 108.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0587 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.141 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8310, 33.4909, 7.2410)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A42A #352AA4

analogous

#A4722A #99A42A #5CA42A

triadic

#99A42A #2A99A4 #A42A99

tetradic

#99A42A #2AA472 #352AA4 #A42A5C

square

#99A42A #2AA472 #352AA4 #A42A5C

split-complementary

#99A42A #2A5CA4 #722AA4

monochromatic

#3E4311 #6C731E #99A42A #C1CD3E #D0DA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#99A42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#99A42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A42A

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A42A	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.141 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babe6d',
    500: '#99a42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a42a;
$custom-light: #babe6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.41,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68786,
    "c": 0.1406,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A42A

secondary

#7169C1

accent

#45E254

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A42A

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

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