#99AB16#99AB16

#99AB16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.157 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AB16
RGB	rgb(153, 171, 22)
HSL	hsl(67, 77%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 87%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 87.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -23.47, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 69.24, 109.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0718 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.157 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8454, 35.9564, 6.2323)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AB16 #2816AB

analogous

#AB7216 #99AB16 #4FAB16

triadic

#99AB16 #1699AB #AB1699

tetradic

#99AB16 #16AB72 #2816AB #AB164F

square

#99AB16 #16AB72 #2816AB #AB164F

split-complementary

#99AB16 #164FAB #7216AB

monochromatic

#383F08 #68750F #99AB16 #CAE11D #D7E953

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#99AB16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#99AB16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AB16

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AB16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AB16	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99ab16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 171, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.157 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc366',
    500: '#99ab16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99ab16;
$custom-light: #bbc366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99ab16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.248,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7031,
    "c": 0.15725,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AB16

secondary

#6052CB

accent

#34F44B

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EB

border

#D1D1C6

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AB16

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

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