#99BC55#99BC55

#99BC55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BC55
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(80, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(80, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -27.98, 47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 55.19, 120.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.079 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.137 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7598, 43.3943, 15.2426)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BC55 #7855BC

analogous

#BCAB55 #99BC55 #65BC55

triadic

#99BC55 #5599BC #BC5599

tetradic

#99BC55 #55BCAB #7855BC #BC5565

square

#99BC55 #55BCAB #7855BC #BC5565

split-complementary

#99BC55 #5565BC #AB55BC

monochromatic

#566C2B #79983C #99BC55 #B3CD81 #CEDFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#99BC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#99BC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BC55

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BC55	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d088',
    500: '#99bc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bc55;
$custom-light: #b9d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.388,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74744,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BC55

secondary

#AFA0CC

accent

#55D380

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BC55

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

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