#99B22C#99B22C

#99B22C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.155 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99B22C
RGB	rgb(153, 178, 44)
HSL	hsl(71, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(71, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -26.09, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 66.35, 113.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0775 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.155 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5125, 38.7951, 8.3158)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99B22C #452CB2

analogous

#B2882C #99B22C #56B22C

triadic

#99B22C #2C99B2 #B22C99

tetradic

#99B22C #2CB288 #452CB2 #B22C56

square

#99B22C #2CB288 #452CB2 #B22C56

split-complementary

#99B22C #2C56B2 #882CB2

monochromatic

#455014 #6F8120 #99B22C #B9D249 #CCDE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#99B22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#99B22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99B22C

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99B22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99B22C	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)

#BEA80C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99b22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 178, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.155 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc970',
    500: '#99b22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99b22c;
$custom-light: #bbc970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99b22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.194,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72043,
    "c": 0.15544,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99B22C

secondary

#8373C6

accent

#44E462

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99B22C

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

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