#99AC1E#99AC1E

#99AC1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.155 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AC1E
RGB	rgb(153, 172, 30)
HSL	hsl(68, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 83%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 82.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -23.72, 63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 67.83, 110.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.072 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.155 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1245, 36.3714, 6.7668)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AC1E #311EAC

analogous

#AC781E #99AC1E #52AC1E

triadic

#99AC1E #1E99AC #AC1E99

tetradic

#99AC1E #1EAC78 #311EAC #AC1E52

square

#99AC1E #1EAC78 #311EAC #AC1E52

split-complementary

#99AC1E #1E52AC #781EAC

monochromatic

#3C440C #6B7815 #99AC1E #C3DA2D #D2E361

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#99AC1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#99AC1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AC1E

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AC1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AC1E	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99ac1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 172, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.155 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc469',
    500: '#99ac1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99ac1e;
$custom-light: #bbc469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99ac1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.028,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70573,
    "c": 0.15543,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AC1E

secondary

#6C5EC8

accent

#3BED53

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F7F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AC1E

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

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