#99A822#99A822

#99A822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.149 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99A822
RGB	rgb(153, 168, 34)
HSL	hsl(67, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(67, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -21.59, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 65.12, 109.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0659 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.149 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4290, 34.8935, 6.8032)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99A822 #3122A8

analogous

#A87422 #99A822 #56A822

triadic

#99A822 #2299A8 #A82299

tetradic

#99A822 #22A874 #3122A8 #A82256

square

#99A822 #22A874 #3122A8 #A82256

split-complementary

#99A822 #2256A8 #7422A8

monochromatic

#3C420D #6B7518 #99A822 #C3D532 #D2E065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#99A822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#99A822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99A822

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99A822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99A822	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A39E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99a822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 168, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.149 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc16a',
    500: '#99a822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99a822;
$custom-light: #bbc16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99a822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.716,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69664,
    "c": 0.14926,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99A822

secondary

#6C61C5

accent

#3FE952

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99A822

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

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