#99AB22#99AB22

#99AB22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.153 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AB22
RGB	rgb(153, 171, 34)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 80.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -23.09, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 66.36, 110.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.07 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.153 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9892, 36.0140, 6.9900)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AB22 #3422AB

analogous

#AB7822 #99AB22 #55AB22

triadic

#99AB22 #2299AB #AB2299

tetradic

#99AB22 #22AB78 #3422AB #AB2255

square

#99AB22 #22AB78 #3422AB #AB2255

split-complementary

#99AB22 #2255AB #7822AB

monochromatic

#3E450E #6B7818 #99AB22 #C1D734 #D1E167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#99AB22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#99AB22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AB22

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AB22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AB22	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99ab22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 171, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.153 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc36a',
    500: '#99ab22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99ab22;
$custom-light: #bbc36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99ab22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.883,
    "s": 66.829,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70359,
    "c": 0.15258,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AB22

secondary

#7063C6

accent

#3EEA55

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F7F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AB22

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

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