#99AD1E#99AD1E

#99AD1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.157 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AD1E
RGB	rgb(153, 173, 30)
HSL	hsl(68, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(68, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 82.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -24.22, 63.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 68.23, 110.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0734 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.157 118)
XYZ	xyz(28.3155, 36.7535, 6.8305)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AD1E #321EAD

analogous

#AD7A1E #99AD1E #51AD1E

triadic

#99AD1E #1E99AD #AD1E99

tetradic

#99AD1E #1EAD7A #321EAD #AD1E51

square

#99AD1E #1EAD7A #321EAD #AD1E51

split-complementary

#99AD1E #1E51AD #7A1EAD

monochromatic

#3D450C #6B7915 #99AD1E #C2DB2E #D2E462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#99AD1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#99AD1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AD1E

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AD1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AD1E	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99ad1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 173, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.157 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc569',
    500: '#99ad1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99ad1e;
$custom-light: #bbc569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99ad1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.392,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70805,
    "c": 0.15654,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.36753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AD1E

secondary

#6D5EC8

accent

#3BED54

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F7F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AD1E

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

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