#99AE22#99AE22

#99AE22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.156 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AE22
RGB	rgb(153, 174, 34)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -24.57, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 67.60, 111.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0741 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.156 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5623, 37.1602, 7.1810)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AE22 #3722AE

analogous

#AE7D22 #99AE22 #53AE22

triadic

#99AE22 #2299AE #AE2299

tetradic

#99AE22 #22AE7D #3722AE #AE2253

square

#99AE22 #22AE7D #3722AE #AE2253

split-complementary

#99AE22 #2253AE #7D22AE

monochromatic

#3F480E #6C7B18 #99AE22 #BFD836 #D0E269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#99AE22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#99AE22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AE22

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AE22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AE22	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: #99ae22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 174, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.156 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc66b',
    500: '#99ae22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99ae22;
$custom-light: #bbc66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99ae22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71056,
    "c": 0.15593,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AE22

secondary

#7364C7

accent

#3EEA57

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F7F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AE22

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

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