#99BB53#99BB53

#99BB53 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.137 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BB53
RGB	rgb(153, 187, 83)
HSL	hsl(80, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(80, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 0%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -27.68, 48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 55.54, 119.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0783 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.137 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4686, 42.9372, 14.7591)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BB53 #7553BB

analogous

#BBA953 #99BB53 #65BB53

triadic

#99BB53 #5399BB #BB5399

tetradic

#99BB53 #53BBA9 #7553BB #BB5365

square

#99BB53 #53BBA9 #7553BB #BB5365

split-complementary

#99BB53 #5365BB #A953BB

monochromatic

#556A2A #78963B #99BB53 #B3CC7F #CDDEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#99BB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#99BB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BB53

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BB53	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 187, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.137 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9cf87',
    500: '#99bb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bb53;
$custom-light: #b9cf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.615,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74488,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BB53

secondary

#AD9ECB

accent

#55D37E

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12130B

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BB53

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

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