#99D457#99D457

#99D457 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.168 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99D457
RGB	rgb(153, 212, 87)
HSL	hsl(88, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(88, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 59%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -38.90, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 67.06, 125.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.1091 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.168 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4003, 54.5463, 17.5203)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99D457 #9257D4

analogous

#D4D057 #99D457 #5AD457

triadic

#99D457 #5799D4 #D45799

tetradic

#99D457 #57D4D0 #9257D4 #D4575A

square

#99D457 #57D4D0 #9257D4 #D4575A

split-complementary

#99D457 #575AD4 #D057D4

monochromatic

#5B8D24 #7BBD30 #99D457 #B7E088 #D4EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#99D457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#99D457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99D457

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99D457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99D457	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CCCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99d457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 212, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.168 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bae18b',
    500: '#99d457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99d457;
$custom-light: #bae18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99d457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.32,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80378,
    "c": 0.16758,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99D457

secondary

#653D93

accent

#45E290

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #99D457

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

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