#99AA35#99AA35
#99AA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.140 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #99AA35 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(153, 170, 53) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 52%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 69%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(10%, 0%, 68.8%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.35, -21.66, 55.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.35, 59.62, 111.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.25% -0.0644 0.1247) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.25% 0.14 117.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.1548, 35.7791, 8.7903) |
| Luminance | 0.3578 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.54
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 3.09
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 3.18
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 3.32
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.33
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#99AA35 #4635AA
analogous
#AA8035 #99AA35 #5EAA35
triadic
#99AA35 #3599AA #AA3599
tetradic
#99AA35 #35AA80 #4635AA #AA355E
square
#99AA35 #35AA80 #4635AA #AA355E
split-complementary
#99AA35 #355EAA #8035AA
monochromatic
#454D18 #6F7B26 #99AA35 #B8C953 #CBD882
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.57
#99AA35 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.16
#99AA35 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #99AA35
8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##99AA35 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##99AA35 | 1.00 | 2.57 | 8.16 | 8.16 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A123
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A23E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A2A193
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #99aa35; /* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 170, 53); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.140 117.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bac373',
500: '#99aa35',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #99aa35; $custom-light: #bac373; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#99aa35",
"rgb": {
"r": 153,
"g": 170,
"b": 53
},
"hsl": {
"h": 68.718,
"s": 52.466,
"l": 43.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70249,
"c": 0.14039,
"h": 117.3
},
"luminance": 0.35779
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#99AA35
secondary
#847AC1
accent
#4CDC61
background
#FBFBF7
surface
#F7F7ED
border
#D0D0C8
text
#121208
muted
#81817B