#99CD42#99CD42

#99CD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.175 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99CD42
RGB	rgb(153, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(82, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(82, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -37.43, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 71.53, 121.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.1068 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.175 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9516, 50.8276, 13.0698)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#99CD42 #7642CD

analogous

#CDBB42 #99CD42 #53CD42

triadic

#99CD42 #4299CD #CD4299

tetradic

#99CD42 #42CDBB #7642CD #CD4253

square

#99CD42 #42CDBB #7642CD #CD4253

split-complementary

#99CD42 #4253CD #BB42CD

monochromatic

#55761F #78A62C #99CD42 #B3DA72 #CDE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#99CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#99CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99CD42

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99CD42	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EC4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.175 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbdc7e',
    500: '#99cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99cd42;
$custom-light: #bbdc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.446,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78534,
    "c": 0.17452,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99CD42

secondary

#50357E

accent

#46E180

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #99CD42

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

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