#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
RGBrgb(153, 171, 22)
HSLhsl(67, 77%, 38%)
HSVhsv(67, 87%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(10.5%, 0%, 87.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.49, -23.47, 65.14)
CIE-LCHlch(66.49, 69.24, 109.81°)
OKLaboklab(70.31% -0.0718 0.1399)
OKLCHoklch(70.31% 0.157 117.2)
XYZxyz(27.8454, 35.9564, 6.2323)
Luminance0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##99AB161.002.568.198.19
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1921.001.001.00
##0000008.1921.001.001.00

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

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#99AB16 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva