#99A42B#99A42B

#99A42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.140 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A42B
RGB	rgb(153, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -19.18, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 60.63, 108.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0585 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.14 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8491, 33.4981, 7.3364)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A42B #362BA4

analogous

#A4732B #99A42B #5CA42B

triadic

#99A42B #2B99A4 #A42B99

tetradic

#99A42B #2BA473 #362BA4 #A42B5C

square

#99A42B #2BA473 #362BA4 #A42B5C

split-complementary

#99A42B #2B5CA4 #732BA4

monochromatic

#3F4312 #6C741E #99A42B #C0CD3F #D0D970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#99A42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#99A42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A42B

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A42B	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)

#B09C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.140 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babe6d',
    500: '#99a42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a42b;
$custom-light: #babe6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68793,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A42B

secondary

#726AC1

accent

#46E254

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A42B

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

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