#99B226#99B226

#99B226 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.159 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99B226
RGB	rgb(153, 178, 38)
HSL	hsl(71, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(71, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 78.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -26.36, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 68.18, 112.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0787 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.159 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4077, 38.7532, 7.7642)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99B226 #3F26B2

analogous

#B28526 #99B226 #53B226

triadic

#99B226 #2699B2 #B22699

tetradic

#99B226 #26B285 #3F26B2 #B22653

square

#99B226 #26B285 #3F26B2 #B22653

split-complementary

#99B226 #2653B2 #8526B2

monochromatic

#424D10 #6E801B #99B226 #BBD63F #CDE172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#99B226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#99B226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99B226

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99B226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99B226	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99b226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 178, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.159 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc96d',
    500: '#99b226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99b226;
$custom-light: #bbc96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99b226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.714,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72009,
    "c": 0.15859,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99B226

secondary

#7C6CC8

accent

#40E85E

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F7F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99B226

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

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