#99B230#99B230

#99B230 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.153 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99B230
RGB	rgb(153, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(72, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(72, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 73%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -25.89, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 65.03, 113.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0766 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.153 120)
XYZ	xyz(29.5913, 38.8266, 8.7311)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99B230 #4930B2

analogous

#B28A30 #99B230 #58B230

triadic

#99B230 #3099B2 #B23099

tetradic

#99B230 #30B28A #4930B2 #B23058

square

#99B230 #30B28A #4930B2 #B23058

split-complementary

#99B230 #3058B2 #8A30B2

monochromatic

#465216 #708223 #99B230 #B7D050 #CBDD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#99B230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#99B230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99B230

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99B230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99B230	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99b230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.153 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bac972',
    500: '#99b230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99b230;
$custom-light: #bac972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99b230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.538,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72069,
    "c": 0.15311,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.38826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99B230

secondary

#8778C6

accent

#47E165

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99B230

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →