#99E255#99E255

#99E255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.187 H 132.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#99E255
RGBrgb(153, 226, 85)
HSLhsl(91, 71%, 61%)
HSVhsv(91, 62%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(32.3%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(82.82, -45.18, 59.98)
CIE-LCHlch(82.82, 75.09, 126.99°)
OKLaboklab(83.65% -0.1265 0.1384)
OKLCHoklch(83.65% 0.187 132.4)
XYZxyz(41.9723, 61.8194, 18.3134)
Luminance0.6182 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#99E255 #9E55E2
analogous
#DFE255 #99E255 #55E257
triadic
#99E255 #5599E2 #E25599
tetradic
#99E255 #55DFE2 #9E55E2 #E25755
square
#99E255 #55DFE2 #9E55E2 #E25755
split-complementary
#99E255 #5755E2 #E255DF
monochromatic
#5CA11B #7AD524 #99E255 #B8EB89 #D8F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57
#99E255 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36
#99E255 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99E255
13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##99E255#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##99E2551.001.5713.3613.36
#FFFFFF1.571.0021.0021.00
#00000013.3621.001.001.00
##00000013.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EBD244
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CC60
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9AD9C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #99e255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.187 132.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbeb8a',
    500: '#99e255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #99e255;
$custom-light: #bbeb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#99e255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.064,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83654,
    "c": 0.18748,
    "h": 132.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#99E255
secondary
#7037A4
accent
#13D376
background
#FDFEFC
surface
#F9FDF4
border
#D2D5CE
text
#12160C
muted
#82847F

Preview Lab

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#99E255 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva