#99A522#99A522

#99A522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.146 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A522
RGB	rgb(153, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -20.08, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 63.91, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0617 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.146 115)
XYZ	xyz(26.8815, 33.7985, 6.6208)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A522 #2E22A5

analogous

#A57022 #99A522 #58A522

triadic

#99A522 #2299A5 #A52299

tetradic

#99A522 #22A570 #2E22A5 #A52258

square

#99A522 #22A570 #2E22A5 #A52258

split-complementary

#99A522 #2258A5 #7022A5

monochromatic

#3B400D #6A7218 #99A522 #C5D430 #D3DF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#99A522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#99A522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A522

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A522	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)

#B19E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.146 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbf69',
    500: '#99a522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a522;
$custom-light: #bbbf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.496,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6897,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.33798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A522

secondary

#685FC4

accent

#3FE94F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A522

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

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