#99BE2C#99BE2C

#99BE2C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.170 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#99BE2C
RGBrgb(153, 190, 44)
HSLhsl(75, 62%, 46%)
HSVhsv(75, 77%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(19.5%, 0%, 76.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(72.08, -31.81, 64.27)
CIE-LCHlch(72.08, 71.71, 116.33°)
OKLaboklab(74.85% -0.0932 0.1416)
OKLCHoklch(74.85% 0.17 123.3)
XYZxyz(32.0054, 43.7809, 9.1468)
Luminance0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#99BE2C #512CBE
analogous
#BE9A2C #99BE2C #50BE2C
triadic
#99BE2C #2C99BE #BE2C99
tetradic
#99BE2C #2CBE9A #512CBE #BE2C50
square
#99BE2C #2CBE9A #512CBE #BE2C50
split-complementary
#99BE2C #2C50BE #9A2CBE
monochromatic
#495B15 #718C20 #99BE2C #B5D751 #CAE282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#99BE2C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76
#99BE2C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BE2C
9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##99BE2C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##99BE2C1.002.159.769.76
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7621.001.001.00
##0000009.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9B202
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B03A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A1B4A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #99be2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 190, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.170 123.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd171',
    500: '#99be2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #99be2c;
$custom-light: #bbd171;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#99be2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.205,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74852,
    "c": 0.16953,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#99BE2C
secondary
#8F7BCB
accent
#42E56C
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F7F9ED
border
#D0D2C8
text
#121408
muted
#81827B

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#99BE2C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva