#99BE38#99BE38

#99BE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.163 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BE38
RGB	rgb(153, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(77, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(77, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -31.17, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 67.82, 117.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0904 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.163 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2645, 43.8845, 10.5114)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BE38 #5D38BE

analogous

#BEA038 #99BE38 #56BE38

triadic

#99BE38 #3899BE #BE3899

tetradic

#99BE38 #38BEA0 #5D38BE #BE3856

square

#99BE38 #38BEA0 #5D38BE #BE3856

split-complementary

#99BE38 #3856BE #A038BE

monochromatic

#4D5F1C #738F2A #99BE38 #B2D162 #C9DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#99BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#99BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BE38

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BE38	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.163 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad177',
    500: '#99be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99be38;
$custom-light: #bad177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.567,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7493,
    "c": 0.16256,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BE38

secondary

#9A88CA

accent

#4ADE73

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#121409

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BE38

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

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