#99C43B#99C43B

#99C43B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.168 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#99C43B
RGBrgb(153, 196, 59)
HSLhsl(79, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(79, 70%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(21.9%, 0%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(73.91, -33.78, 60.89)
CIE-LCHlch(73.91, 69.63, 119.02°)
OKLaboklab(76.36% -0.0974 0.1369)
OKLCHoklch(76.36% 0.168 125.4)
XYZxyz(33.6664, 46.5675, 11.3516)
Luminance0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#99C43B #663BC4
analogous
#C4AA3B #99C43B #55C43B
triadic
#99C43B #3B99C4 #C43B99
tetradic
#99C43B #3BC4AA #663BC4 #C43B55
square
#99C43B #3BC4AA #663BC4 #C43B55
split-complementary
#99C43B #3B55C4 #AA3BC4
monochromatic
#50661F #74952D #99C43B #B1D26A #CAE099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04
#99C43B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31
#99C43B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99C43B
10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##99C43B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##99C43B1.002.0410.3110.31
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3121.001.001.00
##00000010.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFB725
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B547
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A0BBA9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #99c43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 196, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.168 125.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd679',
    500: '#99c43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #99c43b;
$custom-light: #bbd679;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#99c43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.832,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76361,
    "c": 0.16799,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#99C43B
secondary
#A28FCC
accent
#4BDD79
background
#FBFDF7
surface
#F7FAEE
border
#D0D3C9
text
#12140A
muted
#81837C

Preview Lab

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#99C43B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva