#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
RGB	rgb(153, 180, 32)
HSL	hsl(71, 70%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(71, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 0%, 82.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -27.55, 65.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 70.64, 112.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0824 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.164 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7195, 39.5192, 7.4285)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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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
##99B420	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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