#99AA2A#99AA2A

#99AA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.147 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AA2A
RGB	rgb(153, 170, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -22.25, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 63.52, 110.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0671 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.147 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9302, 35.6893, 7.6074)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AA2A #3B2AAA

analogous

#AA7B2A #99AA2A #59AA2A

triadic

#99AA2A #2A99AA #AA2A99

tetradic

#99AA2A #2AAA7B #3B2AAA #AA2A59

square

#99AA2A #2AAA7B #3B2AAA #AA2A59

split-complementary

#99AA2A #2A59AA #7B2AAA

monochromatic

#414812 #6D791E #99AA2A #BDD041 #CEDC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#99AA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#99AA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AA2A

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AA2A	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A10C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99aa2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 170, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.147 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac36e',
    500: '#99aa2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99aa2a;
$custom-light: #bac36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99aa2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.969,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70172,
    "c": 0.14734,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AA2A

secondary

#786CC3

accent

#44E459

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AA2A

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

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