#99A42C#99A42C

#99A42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.139 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A42C
RGB	rgb(153, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -19.13, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 60.28, 108.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0582 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.139 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8677, 33.5056, 7.4342)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A42C #372CA4

analogous

#A4732C #99A42C #5DA42C

triadic

#99A42C #2C99A4 #A42C99

tetradic

#99A42C #2CA473 #372CA4 #A42C5D

square

#99A42C #2CA473 #372CA4 #A42C5D

split-complementary

#99A42C #2C5DA4 #732CA4

monochromatic

#3F4312 #6C741F #99A42C #BFCC41 #D0D971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#99A42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#99A42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A42C

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A42C	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)

#B09C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.139 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babe6e',
    500: '#99a42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a42c;
$custom-light: #babe6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68799,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A42C

secondary

#736BC0

accent

#47E155

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A42C

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

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