#99AA2B#99AA2B

#99AA2B 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	#99AA2B
RGB	rgb(153, 170, 43)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -22.20, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 63.19, 110.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0668 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.147 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9483, 35.6965, 7.7028)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AA2B #3C2BAA

analogous

#AA7B2B #99AA2B #5AAA2B

triadic

#99AA2B #2B99AA #AA2B99

tetradic

#99AA2B #2BAA7B #3C2BAA #AA2B5A

square

#99AA2B #2BAA7B #3C2BAA #AA2B5A

split-complementary

#99AA2B #2B5AAA #7B2BAA

monochromatic

#414812 #6D791F #99AA2B #BDCF43 #CEDC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#99AA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#99AA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AA2B

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AA2B	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)

#B6A10F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99aa2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 170, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.147 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac36e',
    500: '#99aa2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99aa2b;
$custom-light: #bac36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99aa2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.031,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70178,
    "c": 0.14677,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AA2B

secondary

#796EC3

accent

#45E35A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AA2B

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

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