#99D255#99D255

#99D255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.167 H 130.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99D255
RGB	rgb(153, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(87, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(87, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -38.18, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 66.82, 124.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.1073 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.167 130.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8228, 53.5204, 16.9303)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#99D255 #8E55D2

analogous

#D2CD55 #99D255 #5AD255

triadic

#99D255 #5599D2 #D25599

tetradic

#99D255 #55D2CD #8E55D2 #D2555A

square

#99D255 #55D2CD #8E55D2 #D2555A

split-complementary

#99D255 #555AD2 #CD55D2

monochromatic

#5B8824 #7BB931 #99D255 #B6DF85 #D3ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#99D255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#99D255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99D255

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99D255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99D255	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CCAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99d255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.167 130.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bae089',
    500: '#99d255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99d255;
$custom-light: #bae089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99d255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.36,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79887,
    "c": 0.16658,
    "h": 130.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99D255

secondary

#623C8F

accent

#46E18D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #99D255

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

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