#99ad0c

Color #99ad0c

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 16.38 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#99ad0c

RGB

rgb(153, 173, 12)

HSL

hsl(67.5, 87%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.5, 93.1%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 93.1%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(67.04, -24.66, 67.3)

LCH

lch(67.04, 71.68, 110.12)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.162, 117.78)

HWB

hwb(67.5, 4.7%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#200cad

Analogous

#ad710c

#99ad0c

#48ad0c

Triadic

#99ad0c

#0c99ad

#ad0c99

Split-complementary

#99ad0c

#0c48ad

#710cad

Tetradic

#99ad0c

#0cad20

#200cad

#ad0c99

Square

#99ad0c

#0cad71

#200cad

#ad0c48

Shades

Color #99ad0c mixed toward black.

#7f900a

#667308

#4c5706

#333a04

#191d02

Tints

Color #99ad0c mixed toward white.

#c6e010

#d9f134

#e3f467

#ecf89a

#f6fbcc

Tones

Color #99ad0c mixed toward gray.

#8fa019

#859227

#7b8534

#717742

#676a4f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.34:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a25b · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#a19f64 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#9a777c · ΔE 42.3

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 27.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #99ad0c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#99ad0c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#99ad0c (#99ad0c) is rgb(153, 173, 12) in RGB.

No, #99ad0c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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