#99B22B#99B22B

#99B22B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.156 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#99B22B
RGBrgb(153, 178, 43)
HSLhsl(71, 61%, 43%)
HSVhsv(71, 76%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 0%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.60, -26.14, 61.34)
CIE-LCHlch(68.60, 66.67, 113.08°)
OKLaboklab(72.04% -0.0777 0.1353)
OKLCHoklch(72.04% 0.156 119.9)
XYZxyz(29.4939, 38.7876, 8.2180)
Luminance0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#99B22B #442BB2
analogous
#B2872B #99B22B #55B22B
triadic
#99B22B #2B99B2 #B22B99
tetradic
#99B22B #2BB287 #442BB2 #B22B55
square
#99B22B #2BB287 #442BB2 #B22B55
split-complementary
#99B22B #2B55B2 #872BB2
monochromatic
#444F13 #6F811F #99B22B #B9D348 #CCDF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#99B22B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76
#99B22B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99B22B
8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##99B22B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##99B22B1.002.408.768.76
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7621.001.001.00
##0000008.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEA709
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA837
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A2A899
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #99b22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 178, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.156 119.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc96f',
    500: '#99b22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #99b22b;
$custom-light: #bbc96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#99b22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.111,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72037,
    "c": 0.156,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#99B22B
secondary
#8272C7
accent
#44E461
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F7F8ED
border
#D0D1C8
text
#121308
muted
#81827B

Preview Lab

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#99B22B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva