#99CD36#99CD36

#99CD36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.182 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99CD36
RGB	rgb(153, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(81, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(81, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -38.16, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 75.56, 120.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.1098 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.182 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6342, 50.7006, 11.3981)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99CD36 #6A36CD

analogous

#CDB536 #99CD36 #4DCD36

triadic

#99CD36 #3699CD #CD3699

tetradic

#99CD36 #36CDB5 #6A36CD #CD364D

square

#99CD36 #36CDB5 #6A36CD #CD364D

split-complementary

#99CD36 #364DCD #B536CD

monochromatic

#516D1B #759E27 #99CD36 #B2D967 #CBE598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#99CD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#99CD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99CD36

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99CD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99CD36	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FC3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99cd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.182 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdc78',
    500: '#99cd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99cd36;
$custom-light: #bbdc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99cd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.662,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78446,
    "c": 0.18203,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99CD36

secondary

#493077

accent

#44E37B

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF1

border

#D2D5CB

text

#121509

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #99CD36

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

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