#99AA2D#99AA2D

#99AA2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.146 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AA2D
RGB	rgb(153, 170, 45)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 73.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -22.10, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 62.51, 110.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0664 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.146 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9859, 35.7116, 7.9008)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AA2D #3E2DAA

analogous

#AA7D2D #99AA2D #5BAA2D

triadic

#99AA2D #2D99AA #AA2D99

tetradic

#99AA2D #2DAA7D #3E2DAA #AA2D5B

square

#99AA2D #2DAA7D #3E2DAA #AA2D5B

split-complementary

#99AA2D #2D5BAA #7D2DAA

monochromatic

#424913 #6D7A20 #99AA2D #BCCE46 #CDDB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#99AA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#99AA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AA2D

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AA2D	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)

#B6A114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99aa2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 170, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.146 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac36f',
    500: '#99aa2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99aa2d;
$custom-light: #bac36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99aa2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.16,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70191,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AA2D

secondary

#7B70C3

accent

#46E15C

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AA2D

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

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