#99A523#99A523

#99A523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.145 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A523
RGB	rgb(153, 165, 35)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(66, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -20.04, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 63.61, 108.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0615 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.145 115)
XYZ	xyz(26.8962, 33.8044, 6.6978)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A523 #2F23A5

analogous

#A57023 #99A523 #58A523

triadic

#99A523 #2399A5 #A52399

tetradic

#99A523 #23A570 #2F23A5 #A52358

square

#99A523 #23A570 #2F23A5 #A52358

split-complementary

#99A523 #2358A5 #7023A5

monochromatic

#3B400E #6A7318 #99A523 #C5D332 #D3DE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#99A523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#99A523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A523

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A523	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: #99a523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 165, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.145 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbbf6a',
    500: '#99a523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a523;
$custom-light: #bbbf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.538,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68976,
    "c": 0.14548,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.33804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A523

secondary

#6960C4

accent

#40E84F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A523

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

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