#99BE40#99BE40

#99BE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.157 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BE40
RGB	rgb(153, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(78, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(78, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -30.65, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 64.90, 118.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0883 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.157 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4760, 43.9691, 11.6254)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BE40 #6540BE

analogous

#BEA440 #99BE40 #5ABE40

triadic

#99BE40 #4099BE #BE4099

tetradic

#99BE40 #40BEA4 #6540BE #BE405A

square

#99BE40 #40BEA4 #6540BE #BE405A

split-complementary

#99BE40 #405ABE #A440BE

monochromatic

#4F6221 #749031 #99BE40 #B2CE6D #CADD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#99BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#99BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BE40

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BE40	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.157 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad17b',
    500: '#99be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99be40;
$custom-light: #bad17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.619,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74994,
    "c": 0.15706,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BE40

secondary

#A190C9

accent

#4FD977

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BE40

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

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