#99CD56#99CD56

#99CD56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.159 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99CD56
RGB	rgb(153, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(86, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 0%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -35.83, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 63.79, 124.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.1007 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.159 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6477, 51.1060, 16.7359)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99CD56 #8A56CD

analogous

#CDC556 #99CD56 #5ECD56

triadic

#99CD56 #5699CD #CD5699

tetradic

#99CD56 #56CDC5 #8A56CD #CD565E

square

#99CD56 #56CDC5 #8A56CD #CD565E

split-complementary

#99CD56 #565ECD #C556CD

monochromatic

#5A8226 #7BB134 #99CD56 #B6DB85 #D2E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#99CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#99CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99CD56

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99CD56	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DC5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.159 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#badc8a',
    500: '#99cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99cd56;
$custom-light: #badc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.218,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78725,
    "c": 0.15907,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99CD56

secondary

#5F3E89

accent

#4ADE8B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #99CD56

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

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