#99B42E#99B42E

#99B42E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.157 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#99B42E
RGBrgb(153, 180, 46)
HSLhsl(72, 59%, 44%)
HSVhsv(72, 74%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.19, -26.96, 60.90)
CIE-LCHlch(69.19, 66.60, 113.88°)
OKLaboklab(72.52% -0.0797 0.1349)
OKLCHoklch(72.52% 0.157 120.6)
XYZxyz(29.9518, 39.6121, 8.6522)
Luminance0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#99B42E #492EB4
analogous
#B48C2E #99B42E #56B42E
triadic
#99B42E #2E99B4 #B42E99
tetradic
#99B42E #2EB48C #492EB4 #B42E56
square
#99B42E #2EB48C #492EB4 #B42E56
split-complementary
#99B42E #2E56B4 #8C2EB4
monochromatic
#465315 #708322 #99B42E #B7D24E #CBDE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35
#99B42E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92
#99B42E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99B42E
8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##99B42E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##99B42E1.002.358.928.92
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9221.001.001.00
##0000008.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFA911
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCA93A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A2AA9A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #99b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.157 120.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbca71',
    500: '#99b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #99b42e;
$custom-light: #bbca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#99b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.09,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72522,
    "c": 0.15665,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#99B42E
secondary
#8777C7
accent
#45E265
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F7F8ED
border
#D0D1C8
text
#121308
muted
#81827B

Preview Lab

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#99B42E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva