#99AE2C#99AE2C

#99AE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.151 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99AE2C
RGB	rgb(153, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(70, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -24.13, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 64.59, 111.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0721 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.151 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7282, 37.2265, 8.0544)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99AE2C #412CAE

analogous

#AE822C #99AE2C #58AE2C

triadic

#99AE2C #2C99AE #AE2C99

tetradic

#99AE2C #2CAE82 #412CAE #AE2C58

square

#99AE2C #2CAE82 #412CAE #AE2C58

split-complementary

#99AE2C #2C58AE #822CAE

monochromatic

#434C13 #6E7D20 #99AE2C #BAD047 #CCDD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#99AE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#99AE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99AE2C

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99AE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99AE2C	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA40F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99ae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.151 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac66f',
    500: '#99ae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99ae2c;
$custom-light: #bac66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99ae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.692,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71112,
    "c": 0.15079,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99AE2C

secondary

#7F71C5

accent

#45E35E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99AE2C

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

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