#99D856#99D856

#99D856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.174 H 131.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99D856
RGB	rgb(153, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(89, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(89, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, -40.76, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 69.55, 125.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.1143 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.174 131.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3720, 56.5547, 17.6440)
Luminance	0.5656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99D856 #9556D8

analogous

#D8D656 #99D856 #58D856

triadic

#99D856 #5699D8 #D85699

tetradic

#99D856 #56D8D6 #9556D8 #D85658

square

#99D856 #56D8D6 #9556D8 #D85658

split-complementary

#99D856 #5658D8 #D656D8

monochromatic

#5C9222 #7BC42D #99D856 #B7E388 #D5EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#99D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#99D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99D856

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99D856	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CD0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.174 131.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbe48a',
    500: '#99d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99d856;
$custom-light: #bbe48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.077,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81308,
    "c": 0.1737,
    "h": 131.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99D856

secondary

#683B97

accent

#42E691

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#12150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #99D856

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

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