#99B42F#99B42F

#99B42F is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.156 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99B42F
RGB	rgb(153, 180, 47)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(72, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 0%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -26.91, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 66.27, 113.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0795 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.156 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9717, 39.6201, 8.7573)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#99B42F #4A2FB4

analogous

#B48C2F #99B42F #57B42F

triadic

#99B42F #2F99B4 #B42F99

tetradic

#99B42F #2FB48C #4A2FB4 #B42F57

square

#99B42F #2FB48C #4A2FB4 #B42F57

split-complementary

#99B42F #2F57B4 #8C2FB4

monochromatic

#475316 #708322 #99B42F #B7D14F #CBDE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#99B42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#99B42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99B42F

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99B42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99B42F	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)

#BFA913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99b42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 180, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.156 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baca71',
    500: '#99b42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99b42f;
$custom-light: #baca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99b42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.18,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72528,
    "c": 0.15607,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99B42F

secondary

#8878C7

accent

#46E266

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99B42F

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

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