#99BC59#99BC59

#99BC59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.133 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BC59
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(81, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -27.58, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 53.40, 121.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0775 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.133 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9232, 43.4597, 16.1033)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BC59 #7C59BC

analogous

#BCAE59 #99BC59 #68BC59

triadic

#99BC59 #5999BC #BC5999

tetradic

#99BC59 #59BCAE #7C59BC #BC5968

square

#99BC59 #59BCAE #7C59BC #BC5968

split-complementary

#99BC59 #5968BC #AE59BC

monochromatic

#576E2C #799A3E #99BC59 #B4CE85 #CFDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#99BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#99BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BC59

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BC59	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.133 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d08a',
    500: '#99bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bc59;
$custom-light: #b9d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.212,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74794,
    "c": 0.13311,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BC59

secondary

#B2A3CD

accent

#56D282

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BC59

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

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