All About Color #999900

#999900

About #999900

#999900 is a dark yellow color with the hex code #999900. In RGB it is red 153, green 153, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 60°, saturation 100%, lightness 30%; in CMYK it is 0%, 0%, 100%, 40%. Its contrast ratio is 3.04:1 on white and 6.91:1 on black.

#999900 Color Conversion

Hex triplet99, 99, 00
CMYK0.00%, 0.00%, 100.00%, 40.00%
RGB Decimal153, 153, 0
HSL60°, 100%, 30%
RGB Octal231, 231, 0
HSV (HSB)60.00°, 100.00%, 60.00%
RGB Binary10011001, 10011001, 0
CIE-L*AB61.27, -14.72, 64.53
RGB Percent60.00%, 60.00%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH61.27, 66.19, 102.85
XYZ24.53, 29.55, 4.41
CIE-L*UV61.27, 4.87, 67.37
xyY0.42, 0.51, 29.55
Hunter-Lab54.36, -14.60, 33.24
RYB0.00%, 60.00%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#999900 on a dark background: contrast 6.91:1, passes WCAG AA.
#999900 on a light background: contrast 3.04:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #999900, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #999900. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#999900 · #F5F500 · #3D3D00 · #000099 · #0000F5

Analogous palette

#990000 · #994C00 · #999900 · #4D9900 · #009900

Triadic palette

#999900 · #009999 · #990099 · #F5F500 · #00F5F5

Tetradic palette

#999900 · #00994D · #000099 · #99004D · #3D3D00

Monochromatic palette

#191A00 · #4C4D00 · #999900 · #E5E600 · #FFFF33

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