#99AE28#99AE28

#99AE28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.153 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AE28
RGB	rgb(153, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(69, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -24.32, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 65.87, 111.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0729 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.153 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6566, 37.1979, 7.6773)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#99AE28 #3D28AE

analogous

#AE8028 #99AE28 #56AE28

triadic

#99AE28 #2899AE #AE2899

tetradic

#99AE28 #28AE80 #3D28AE #AE2856

square

#99AE28 #28AE80 #3D28AE #AE2856

split-complementary

#99AE28 #2856AE #8028AE

monochromatic

#414A11 #6D7C1D #99AE28 #BCD340 #CEDF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#99AE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#99AE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AE28

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AE28	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA402

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99ae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.153 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc66d',
    500: '#99ae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99ae28;
$custom-light: #bbc66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99ae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.403,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71088,
    "c": 0.153,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AE28

secondary

#7A6CC6

accent

#42E65C

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F7F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AE28

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

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