#99C042#99C042

#99C042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.158 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99C042
RGB	rgb(153, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(79, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -31.45, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 65.12, 118.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0903 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.158 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9701, 44.8646, 12.0759)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99C042 #6942C0

analogous

#C0A842 #99C042 #5AC042

triadic

#99C042 #4299C0 #C04299

tetradic

#99C042 #42C0A8 #6942C0 #C0425A

square

#99C042 #42C0A8 #6942C0 #C0425A

split-complementary

#99C042 #425AC0 #A842C0

monochromatic

#516622 #759431 #99C042 #B2CF70 #CBDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#99C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#99C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99C042

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99C042	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.158 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad37d',
    500: '#99c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99c042;
$custom-light: #bad37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.571,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7548,
    "c": 0.15812,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99C042

secondary

#A493CB

accent

#4EDA79

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#12140A

muted

#81827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #99C042

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

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