#99BE57#99BE57

#99BE57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.138 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99BE57
RGB	rgb(153, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(82, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(82, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -28.74, 47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 55.37, 121.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0809 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.138 126)
XYZ	xyz(33.2706, 44.2870, 15.8104)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99BE57 #7C57BE

analogous

#BEAF57 #99BE57 #66BE57

triadic

#99BE57 #5799BE #BE5799

tetradic

#99BE57 #57BEAF #7C57BE #BE5766

square

#99BE57 #57BEAF #7C57BE #BE5766

split-complementary

#99BE57 #5766BE #AF57BE

monochromatic

#576F2B #799C3C #99BE57 #B4CF83 #CFE0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#99BE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#99BE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99BE57

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99BE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99BE57	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EB6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99be57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.138 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9d189',
    500: '#99be57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99be57;
$custom-light: #b9d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99be57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.553,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75233,
    "c": 0.13778,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.44287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99BE57

secondary

#B2A3CE

accent

#54D482

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #99BE57

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

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