#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
RGB	rgb(153, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(72, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -26.96, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 66.60, 113.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0797 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.157 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9518, 39.6121, 8.6522)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##99B42E	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#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

Preview with #99B42E

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

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