#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
RGB	rgb(153, 173, 39)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -23.87, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 65.74, 111.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0718 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.152 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4473, 36.8062, 7.5248)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##99AD27	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)

#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

Preview with #99AD27

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

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