#99BC5B#99BC5B

#99BC5B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.131 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BC5B
RGB	rgb(153, 188, 91)
HSL	hsl(82, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(82, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 0%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -27.38, 44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 52.50, 121.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0768 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.131 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0084, 43.4937, 16.5516)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BC5B #7E5BBC

analogous

#BCAE5B #99BC5B #69BC5B

triadic

#99BC5B #5B99BC #BC5B99

tetradic

#99BC5B #5BBCAE #7E5BBC #BC5B69

square

#99BC5B #5BBCAE #7E5BBC #BC5B69

split-complementary

#99BC5B #5B69BC #AE5BBC

monochromatic

#576F2D #7A9B3F #99BC5B #B4CE86 #CFE0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#99BC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#99BC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BC5B

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BC5B	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 188, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.131 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d08c',
    500: '#99bc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bc5b;
$custom-light: #b9d08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.649,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7482,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BC5B

secondary

#B4A5CE

accent

#56D283

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BC5B

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

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