#99AA27#99AA27

#99AA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.149 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AA27
RGB	rgb(153, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -22.38, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 64.47, 110.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0677 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.149 117)
XYZ	xyz(27.8785, 35.6686, 7.3352)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AA27 #3827AA

analogous

#AA7927 #99AA27 #57AA27

triadic

#99AA27 #2799AA #AA2799

tetradic

#99AA27 #27AA79 #3827AA #AA2757

square

#99AA27 #27AA79 #3827AA #AA2757

split-complementary

#99AA27 #2757AA #7927AA

monochromatic

#3F4610 #6C781C #99AA27 #BFD23C #CFDE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#99AA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#99AA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AA27

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AA27	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99aa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.149 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc36c',
    500: '#99aa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99aa27;
$custom-light: #bbc36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99aa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.786,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70154,
    "c": 0.14899,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.35668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AA27

secondary

#7469C4

accent

#42E657

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AA27

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

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