#99B319#99B319

#99B319 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.165 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99B319
RGB	rgb(153, 179, 25)
HSL	hsl(70, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(70, 86%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 0%, 86%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -27.29, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 71.83, 112.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0821 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.165 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4331, 39.0828, 6.9127)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99B319 #3319B3

analogous

#B38019 #99B319 #4CB319

triadic

#99B319 #1999B3 #B31999

tetradic

#99B319 #19B380 #3319B3 #B3194C

square

#99B319 #19B380 #3319B3 #B3194C

split-complementary

#99B319 #194CB3 #8019B3

monochromatic

#3D480A #6B7D12 #99B319 #C2E128 #D1E85E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#99B319 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#99B319 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99B319

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99B319	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99B319	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99b319;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 179, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.165 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbc968',
    500: '#99b319',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99b319;
$custom-light: #bbc968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99b319",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.13,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72185,
    "c": 0.16504,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99B319

secondary

#6E5BCC

accent

#36F256

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99B319

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

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