#99BD27#99BD27

#99BD27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.171 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BD27
RGB	rgb(153, 189, 39)
HSL	hsl(74, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(74, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 0%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -31.56, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 72.69, 115.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0928 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.171 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7011, 43.3138, 8.6094)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#99BD27 #4B27BD

analogous

#BD9627 #99BD27 #4EBD27

triadic

#99BD27 #2799BD #BD2799

tetradic

#99BD27 #27BD96 #4B27BD #BD274E

square

#99BD27 #27BD96 #4B27BD #BD274E

split-complementary

#99BD27 #274EBD #9627BD

monochromatic

#475812 #708A1D #99BD27 #B6D948 #CBE47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#99BD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#99BD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BD27

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BD27	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bd27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 189, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.171 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd16f',
    500: '#99bd27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bd27;
$custom-light: #bbd16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bd27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7459,
    "c": 0.17081,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BD27

secondary

#8974CC

accent

#3FE968

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#121408

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BD27

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

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