#99AA1D#99AA1D

#99AA1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.154 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AA1D
RGB	rgb(153, 170, 29)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(67, 83%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 82.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -22.77, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 67.27, 109.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0695 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.154 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7341, 35.6108, 6.5747)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AA1D #2E1DAA

analogous

#AA751D #99AA1D #53AA1D

triadic

#99AA1D #1D99AA #AA1D99

tetradic

#99AA1D #1DAA75 #2E1DAA #AA1D53

square

#99AA1D #1DAA75 #2E1DAA #AA1D53

split-complementary

#99AA1D #1D53AA #751DAA

monochromatic

#3B410B #6A7614 #99AA1D #C5DB2A #D3E45E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#99AA1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#99AA1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AA1D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AA1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AA1D	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99aa1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 170, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.154 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc368',
    500: '#99aa1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99aa1d;
$custom-light: #bbc368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99aa1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.234,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70104,
    "c": 0.15364,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AA1D

secondary

#685BC8

accent

#3AEE50

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F7EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AA1D

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

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