#99B527#99B527

#99B527 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.162 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99B527
RGB	rgb(153, 181, 39)
HSL	hsl(72, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(72, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 78.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -27.76, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 69.19, 113.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0825 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.162 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0275, 39.9666, 8.0515)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#99B527 #4327B5

analogous

#B58A27 #99B527 #52B527

triadic

#99B527 #2799B5 #B52799

tetradic

#99B527 #27B58A #4327B5 #B52752

square

#99B527 #27B58A #4327B5 #B52752

split-complementary

#99B527 #2752B5 #8A27B5

monochromatic

#445011 #6E831C #99B527 #B9D643 #CCE175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#99B527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#99B527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99B527

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99B527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99B527	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AB9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99b527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 181, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.162 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcb6e',
    500: '#99b527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99b527;
$custom-light: #bbcb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99b527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.831,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72715,
    "c": 0.16154,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99B527

secondary

#816FC9

accent

#40E861

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99B527

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

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