#99AD22#99AD22

#99AD22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.155 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AD22
RGB	rgb(153, 173, 34)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 80.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -24.07, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 67.19, 111.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0727 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.155 118)
XYZ	xyz(28.3699, 36.7752, 7.1169)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AD22 #3622AD

analogous

#AD7B22 #99AD22 #53AD22

triadic

#99AD22 #2299AD #AD2299

tetradic

#99AD22 #22AD7B #3622AD #AD2253

square

#99AD22 #22AD7B #3622AD #AD2253

split-complementary

#99AD22 #2253AD #7B22AD

monochromatic

#3F470E #6C7A18 #99AD22 #C0D735 #D0E168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#99AD22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#99AD22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AD22

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AD22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AD22	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99ad22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 173, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.155 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc56b',
    500: '#99ad22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99ad22;
$custom-light: #bbc56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99ad22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.633,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70824,
    "c": 0.15481,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.36775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AD22

secondary

#7264C7

accent

#3EEA57

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F7F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AD22

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

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