#99B422#99B422

#99B422 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.163 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#99B422
RGBrgb(153, 180, 34)
HSLhsl(71, 68%, 42%)
HSVhsv(71, 81%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 0%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.13, -27.48, 64.52)
CIE-LCHlch(69.13, 70.13, 113.07°)
OKLaboklab(72.46% -0.0821 0.1405)
OKLCHoklch(72.46% 0.163 120.3)
XYZxyz(29.7475, 39.5304, 7.5761)
Luminance0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#99B422 #3D22B4
analogous
#B48622 #99B422 #50B422
triadic
#99B422 #2299B4 #B42299
tetradic
#99B422 #22B486 #3D22B4 #B42250
square
#99B422 #22B486 #3D22B4 #B42250
split-complementary
#99B422 #2250B4 #8622B4
monochromatic
#414D0F #6D8118 #99B422 #BCDA3A #CEE36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36
#99B422 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91
#99B422 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99B422
8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##99B422#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##99B4221.002.368.918.91
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9121.001.001.00
##0000008.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0A900
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDA932
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A2AA9A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #99b422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 180, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.163 120.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbca6c',
    500: '#99b422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #99b422;
$custom-light: #bbca6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#99b422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.096,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72456,
    "c": 0.16271,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#99B422
secondary
#7A68CA
accent
#3DEB5D
background
#FBFCF6
surface
#F7F8EC
border
#D0D1C7
text
#121308
muted
#81827B

Preview Lab

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#99B422 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva