#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
RGB	rgb(153, 178, 43)
HSL	hsl(71, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(71, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -26.14, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 66.67, 113.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0777 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.156 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4939, 38.7876, 8.2180)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##99B22B	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)

#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

Preview with #99B22B

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

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