#99B42A#99B42A

#99B42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.159 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99B42A
RGB	rgb(153, 180, 42)
HSL	hsl(72, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(72, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 0%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -27.15, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 67.86, 113.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0806 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.159 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8766, 39.5821, 8.2562)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99B42A #452AB4

analogous

#B48A2A #99B42A #54B42A

triadic

#99B42A #2A99B4 #B42A99

tetradic

#99B42A #2AB48A #452AB4 #B42A54

square

#99B42A #2AB48A #452AB4 #B42A54

split-complementary

#99B42A #2A54B4 #8A2AB4

monochromatic

#455113 #6F821E #99B42A #B9D447 #CCE079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#99B42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#99B42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99B42A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99B42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99B42A	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A904

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99b42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 180, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.159 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbca6f',
    500: '#99b42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99b42a;
$custom-light: #bbca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99b42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.739,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72498,
    "c": 0.15886,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99B42A

secondary

#8372C8

accent

#43E562

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99B42A

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

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