#99BD38#99BD38

#99BD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.161 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BD38
RGB	rgb(153, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(76, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(76, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -30.70, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 67.35, 117.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0891 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.161 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0486, 43.4528, 10.4394)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#99BD38 #5C38BD

analogous

#BD9F38 #99BD38 #56BD38

triadic

#99BD38 #3899BD #BD3899

tetradic

#99BD38 #38BD9F #5C38BD #BD3856

square

#99BD38 #38BD9F #5C38BD #BD3856

split-complementary

#99BD38 #3856BD #9F38BD

monochromatic

#4D5F1C #738E2A #99BD38 #B2D062 #C9DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#99BD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#99BD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BD38

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BD38	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)

#C8B122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99bd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.161 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad177',
    500: '#99bd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99bd38;
$custom-light: #bad177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99bd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.241,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74696,
    "c": 0.16133,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BD38

secondary

#9987C9

accent

#4ADE72

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BD38

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

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