#99BB1E#99BB1E

#99BB1E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.172 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BB1E
RGB	rgb(153, 187, 30)
HSL	hsl(73, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(73, 84%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 0%, 84%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -30.95, 67.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 74.07, 114.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0918 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.172 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1421, 42.4066, 7.7727)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BB1E #401EBB

analogous

#BB8F1E #99BB1E #4ABB1E

triadic

#99BB1E #1E99BB #BB1E99

tetradic

#99BB1E #1EBB8F #401EBB #BB1E4A

square

#99BB1E #1EBB8F #401EBB #BB1E4A

split-complementary

#99BB1E #1E4ABB #8F1EBB

monochromatic

#43520D #6E8616 #99BB1E #BBDF37 #CDE76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#99BB1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#99BB1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BB1E

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BB1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BB1E	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2B19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bb1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 187, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.172 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbcf6b',
    500: '#99bb1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bb1e;
$custom-light: #bbcf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bb1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.994,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7408,
    "c": 0.17227,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BB1E

secondary

#7E67CD

accent

#39EF60

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F9EC

border

#D1D2C7

text

#121308

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BB1E

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

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