#99AE21#99AE21

#99AE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.156 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AE21
RGB	rgb(153, 174, 33)
HSL	hsl(69, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -24.60, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 67.87, 111.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0742 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.156 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5481, 37.1545, 7.1062)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AE21 #3621AE

analogous

#AE7C21 #99AE21 #52AE21

triadic

#99AE21 #2199AE #AE2199

tetradic

#99AE21 #21AE7C #3621AE #AE2152

square

#99AE21 #21AE7C #3621AE #AE2152

split-complementary

#99AE21 #2152AE #7C21AE

monochromatic

#3F470D #6C7B17 #99AE21 #C0D834 #D0E267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#99AE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#99AE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AE21

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AE21	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99ae21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 174, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.156 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc66a',
    500: '#99ae21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99ae21;
$custom-light: #bbc66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99ae21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.936,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71052,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AE21

secondary

#7263C8

accent

#3DEB57

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F7F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AE21

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

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