#99AE2A#99AE2A

#99AE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.152 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AE2A
RGB	rgb(153, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(70, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(70, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -24.23, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 65.24, 111.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0725 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.152 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6915, 37.2118, 7.8612)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AE2A #3F2AAE

analogous

#AE812A #99AE2A #57AE2A

triadic

#99AE2A #2A99AE #AE2A99

tetradic

#99AE2A #2AAE81 #3F2AAE #AE2A57

square

#99AE2A #2AAE81 #3F2AAE #AE2A57

split-complementary

#99AE2A #2A57AE #812AAE

monochromatic

#424B12 #6E7D1E #99AE2A #BBD243 #CDDE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#99AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#99AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AE2A

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AE2A	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)

#BAA409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.152 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc66e',
    500: '#99ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99ae2a;
$custom-light: #bbc66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.711,
    "c": 0.15192,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AE2A

secondary

#7C6FC5

accent

#44E45D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AE2A

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

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