#99B420#99B420

#99B420 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.164 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#99B420
RGBrgb(153, 180, 32)
HSLhsl(71, 70%, 42%)
HSVhsv(71, 82%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 0%, 82.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.13, -27.55, 65.05)
CIE-LCHlch(69.13, 70.64, 112.96°)
OKLaboklab(72.45% -0.0824 0.1413)
OKLCHoklch(72.45% 0.164 120.2)
XYZxyz(29.7195, 39.5192, 7.4285)
Luminance0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#99B420 #3B20B4
analogous
#B48520 #99B420 #4FB420
triadic
#99B420 #2099B4 #B42099
tetradic
#99B420 #20B485 #3B20B4 #B4204F
square
#99B420 #20B485 #3B20B4 #B4204F
split-complementary
#99B420 #204FB4 #8520B4
monochromatic
#414C0E #6D8017 #99B420 #BDDB36 #CEE46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36
#99B420 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90
#99B420 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99B420
8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##99B420#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##99B4201.002.368.908.90
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9021.001.001.00
##0000008.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0A900
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDA930
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A2AA9A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #99b420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 180, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.164 120.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbca6b',
    500: '#99b420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #99b420;
$custom-light: #bbca6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#99b420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.946,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72447,
    "c": 0.16356,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#99B420
secondary
#7866CA
accent
#3BED5C
background
#FBFCF6
surface
#F7F8EC
border
#D0D1C7
text
#121307
muted
#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #99B420

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#99B420 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva