#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 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(153, 180, 34) |
| HSL | hsl(71, 68%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(71, 81%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(15%, 0%, 81.1%, 29.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.13, -27.48, 64.52) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.13, 70.13, 113.07°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.46% -0.0821 0.1405) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.46% 0.163 120.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.7475, 39.5304, 7.5761) |
| Luminance | 0.3953 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 0.93
Booger Green
#96B403
ΔE00 1.31
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 1.45
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 2.25
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.32
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 2.43
Perceptual scales
Shades
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##99B422 | 1.00 | 2.36 | 8.91 | 8.91 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.36 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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