#99AD27#99AD27

#99AD27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.152 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#99AD27
RGBrgb(153, 173, 39)
HSLhsl(69, 63%, 42%)
HSVhsv(69, 77%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(11.6%, 0%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.13, -23.87, 61.26)
CIE-LCHlch(67.13, 65.74, 111.29°)
OKLaboklab(70.85% -0.0718 0.1344)
OKLCHoklch(70.85% 0.152 118.1)
XYZxyz(28.4473, 36.8062, 7.5248)
Luminance0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#99AD27 #3B27AD
analogous
#AD7E27 #99AD27 #56AD27
triadic
#99AD27 #2799AD #AD2799
tetradic
#99AD27 #27AD7E #3B27AD #AD2756
square
#99AD27 #27AD7E #3B27AD #AD2756
split-complementary
#99AD27 #2756AD #7E27AD
monochromatic
#414910 #6D7B1C #99AD27 #BDD33E #CEDF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51
#99AD27 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36
#99AD27 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AD27
8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##99AD27#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##99AD271.002.518.368.36
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3621.001.001.00
##0000008.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A300
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A434
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A3A394
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #99ad27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 173, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.152 118.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc56d',
    500: '#99ad27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #99ad27;
$custom-light: #bbc56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#99ad27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.955,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7085,
    "c": 0.15238,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#99AD27
secondary
#786AC6
accent
#42E65A
background
#FBFCF6
surface
#F7F8EC
border
#D0D1C7
text
#121208
muted
#81817B

Preview Lab

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#99AD27 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva