#99B22A#99B22A

#99B22A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.157 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99B22A
RGB	rgb(153, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(71, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(71, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -26.18, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 66.98, 113.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0779 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.157 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4758, 38.7804, 8.1226)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99B22A #432AB2

analogous

#B2872A #99B22A #55B22A

triadic

#99B22A #2A99B2 #B22A99

tetradic

#99B22A #2AB287 #432AB2 #B22A55

square

#99B22A #2AB287 #432AB2 #B22A55

split-complementary

#99B22A #2A55B2 #872AB2

monochromatic

#444F13 #6E801E #99B22A #B9D346 #CCDF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#99B22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#99B22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99B22A

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99B22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99B22A	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA706

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99b22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.157 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc96f',
    500: '#99b22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99b22a;
$custom-light: #bbc96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99b22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.029,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72031,
    "c": 0.15654,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99B22A

secondary

#8171C7

accent

#43E561

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99B22A

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

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