#99C856#99C856

#99C856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.152 H 128.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99C856
RGB	rgb(153, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(85, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(85, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -33.54, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 61.14, 123.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0943 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.152 128.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4707, 48.7521, 16.3436)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#99C856 #8556C8

analogous

#C8BE56 #99C856 #60C856

triadic

#99C856 #5699C8 #C85699

tetradic

#99C856 #56C8BE #8556C8 #C85660

square

#99C856 #56C8BE #8556C8 #C85660

split-complementary

#99C856 #5660C8 #BE56C8

monochromatic

#597B28 #7AAA37 #99C856 #B5D784 #D1E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#99C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#99C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99C856

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99C856	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DC0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.152 128.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bad989',
    500: '#99c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99c856;
$custom-light: #bad989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.737,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77554,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 128.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99C856

secondary

#B9A5D4

accent

#4DDA88

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#12140C

muted

#81837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #99C856

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

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