#99BD2B#99BD2B

#99BD2B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.169 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BD2B
RGB	rgb(153, 189, 43)
HSL	hsl(75, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(75, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 0%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -31.39, 64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 71.56, 116.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0921 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.169 123)
XYZ	xyz(31.7709, 43.3417, 8.9770)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BD2B #4F2BBD

analogous

#BD982B #99BD2B #50BD2B

triadic

#99BD2B #2B99BD #BD2B99

tetradic

#99BD2B #2BBD98 #4F2BBD #BD2B50

square

#99BD2B #2BBD98 #4F2BBD #BD2B50

split-complementary

#99BD2B #2B50BD #982BBD

monochromatic

#485914 #718B20 #99BD2B #B5D74E #CAE280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#99BD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#99BD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BD2B

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BD2B	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bd2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 189, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.169 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd171',
    500: '#99bd2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bd2b;
$custom-light: #bbd171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bd2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.795,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74611,
    "c": 0.16886,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.43342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BD2B

secondary

#8D79CB

accent

#42E66A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#121408

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BD2B

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

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