#99A520#99A520

#99A520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.147 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A520
RGB	rgb(153, 165, 32)
HSL	hsl(65, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -20.16, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 64.47, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.0621 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.147 115)
XYZ	xyz(26.8535, 33.7873, 6.4732)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A520 #2C20A5

analogous

#A56E20 #99A520 #56A520

triadic

#99A520 #2099A5 #A52099

tetradic

#99A520 #20A56E #2C20A5 #A52056

square

#99A520 #20A56E #2C20A5 #A52056

split-complementary

#99A520 #2056A5 #6E20A5

monochromatic

#3A3E0C #697216 #99A520 #C7D62C #D4E05F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#99A520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#99A520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A520

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A520	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 165, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.147 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbf69',
    500: '#99a520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a520;
$custom-light: #bbbf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.414,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6896,
    "c": 0.14691,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.33787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A520

secondary

#665CC5

accent

#3DEA4D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F7EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A520

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

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