#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
RGBrgb(153, 216, 86)
HSLhsl(89, 63%, 59%)
HSVhsv(89, 60%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(29.2%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.93, -40.76, 56.36)
CIE-LCHlch(79.93, 69.55, 125.88°)
OKLaboklab(81.31% -0.1143 0.1308)
OKLCHoklch(81.31% 0.174 131.1)
XYZxyz(39.3720, 56.5547, 17.6440)
Luminance0.5656 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##99D8561.001.7112.3112.31
#FFFFFF1.711.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3121.001.001.00
##00000012.3121.001.001.00

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

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#99D856 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva