#99A537#99A537

#99A537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.133 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A537
RGB	rgb(153, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -19.01, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 56.58, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0568 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.133 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2823, 33.9588, 8.7312)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A537 #4337A5

analogous

#A57A37 #99A537 #62A537

triadic

#99A537 #3799A5 #A53799

tetradic

#99A537 #37A57A #4337A5 #A53762

square

#99A537 #37A57A #4337A5 #A53762

split-complementary

#99A537 #3762A5 #7A37A5

monochromatic

#444918 #6E7728 #99A537 #B9C653 #CCD581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#99A537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#99A537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A537

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A537	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.133 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babf74',
    500: '#99a537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a537;
$custom-light: #babf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.545,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69113,
    "c": 0.13306,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A537

secondary

#8179BF

accent

#4EDA5D

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A537

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

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