#99A61B#99A61B

#99A61B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.150 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A61B
RGB	rgb(153, 166, 27)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(66, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 83.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -20.83, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 66.17, 108.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.0643 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.15 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9717, 34.1243, 6.2025)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A61B #281BA6

analogous

#A66E1B #99A61B #53A61B

triadic

#99A61B #1B99A6 #A61B99

tetradic

#99A61B #1BA66E #281BA6 #A61B53

square

#99A61B #1BA66E #281BA6 #A61B53

split-complementary

#99A61B #1B53A6 #6E1BA6

monochromatic

#383D0A #687112 #99A61B #CADB24 #D7E458

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#99A61B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#99A61B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A61B

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A61B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A61B	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a61b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 166, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.150 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc067',
    500: '#99a61b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a61b;
$custom-light: #bbc067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a61b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.612,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69169,
    "c": 0.1501,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A61B

secondary

#6056C7

accent

#39EF4A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F7EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A61B

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

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