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#99df3d

a balanced, vivid green · neutral · closest name: Yellow Green

Token name suggestion: Studio Basil

RGB
153, 223, 61
HSL
86°, 72%, 56%
CMYK
31, 0, 73, 13
Luminance
0.5988

#99df3d is a balanced vivid green, 86° on the wheel and 47/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.98:1). As text it scores 1.62:1 on white — use #538215 instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(86 72% 56%)rgb(153 223 61)Base step 500AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #99df3d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#99df3d
Hue
86°
green
Saturation
72%
vivid
Lightness
56%
balanced
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
75%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5988
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
47/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.98:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 4.6
Chroma
81.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.828
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 4.9
Web-safe
#99CC33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue86° of 360°
Saturation72%
Lightness56%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #99df3d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool47% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red11%
Green88%
Blue1%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#99df3d
HEX (8-digit)#99df3dff
RGBrgb(153, 223, 61)
RGBArgba(153, 223, 61, 1)
HSLhsl(86, 72%, 56%)
HSV / HSBhsv(86, 73%, 87%)
HWBhwb(86 24% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(31%, 0%, 73%, 13%)
LABlab(81.8 -45.6 68.0)
LCHlch(81.8 81.9 123.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.828 0.200 130.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(40.37, 59.88, 13.85)
Decimal10084157
Display P3color(display-p3 0.600 0.875 0.239)
Web-safe#99CC33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #99df3d;
background-color: #99df3d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #99df3d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#99df3d] bg-[#99df3d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #99df3d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.600, green: 0.875, blue: 0.239)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.600, green: 0.875, blue: 0.239, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#99DF3D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF99DF3D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF99DF3D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(61, 223, 153)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(153, 223, 61)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(153, 223, 61)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 153, 223, 61)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6000f, 0.8745f, 0.2392f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{153,223,61}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #99df3d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #99df3d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#466D12, #E2EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #99df3d h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F8FCF3;
  --brand-100: #F1F8E7;
  --brand-200: #E1F3C9;
  --brand-300: #CCEF9F;
  --brand-400: #B3E76F;
  --brand-500: #99df3d;
  --brand-600: #86D223;
  --brand-700: #70AF1D;
  --brand-800: #5A8C17;
  --brand-900: #436615;
  --brand-950: #2A3F0D;
  --brand: #99df3d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D9EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #88D523;
  --brand-pressed: #75B71E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1D2414;
    --brand-ink: #E2EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FCF3',
        100: '#F1F8E7',
        200: '#E1F3C9',
        300: '#CCEF9F',
        400: '#B3E76F',
        500: '#99df3d',
        600: '#86D223',
        700: '#70AF1D',
        800: '#5A8C17',
        900: '#436615',
        950: '#2A3F0D',
        DEFAULT: '#99df3d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FCF3,
  '100': #F1F8E7,
  '200': #E1F3C9,
  '300': #CCEF9F,
  '400': #B3E76F,
  '500': #99df3d,
  '600': #86D223,
  '700': #70AF1D,
  '800': #5A8C17,
  '900': #436615,
  '950': #2A3F0D,
);
$brand-base: #99df3d;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F1F8E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E1F3C9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CCEF9F", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#B3E76F", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#99df3d", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#86D223", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#70AF1D", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5A8C17", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#436615", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2A3F0D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #99df3d · 12.98:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.62:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.98:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #99df3d as text scores 1.62:1 on white and 12.98:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #466D12 at 3.75:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#538215 · 4.59:1
AA on white−26% L
#538215
The quick fox
#3D5F10 · 7.39:1
AAA on white−34% L
#3D5F10
The quick fox
#99df3d · 12.98:1
AA on blackalready passes
#99df3d
The quick fox
#99df3d · 12.98:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#99df3d

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #6AA51B is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#99df3d on white: 1.62:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#99df3d on black: 12.98:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #99df3d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #99df3d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.62:1AaAa
Slate 501.55:1AaAa
Slate 1001.48:1AaAa
Slate 2001.31:1AaAa
Slate 3001.09:1AaAa
Slate 4001.58:1AaAa
Slate 5002.94:1AaAa
Slate 6004.68:1AaAa
Slate 7006.40:1AaAa
Slate 8009.04:1AaAa
Slate 90011.03:1AaAa
Black12.98:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E9CF1D
deuteranopia · #DFCA4C
tritanopia · #9DD5C0

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #99df3d is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F8FCF3
#F1F8E7
#E1F3C9
#CCEF9F
#B3E76F
#99df3d
#86D223
#70AF1D
#5A8C17
#436615
#2A3F0D
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F8FCF3Darkest = 950 · #2A3F0DText step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.050 130.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.080 130.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.120 130.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.156 130.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.184 130.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.200 130.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.200 130.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.188 130.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.168 130.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.140 130.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.110 130.4);
}

Colors that work with #99df3d

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F8FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#D9EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#789B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#5839E4
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#466D12
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F3FBE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1D2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#88D523
One step down in lightness
Pressed#75B71E
Two steps down
Disabled#C8D3BA
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A4EC44
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #99df3d

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #466D12
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #6AA51B

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight44/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#833DDF
Analogous left#DFD43D
Analogous right#48DF3D
Split-complement 1#3D48DF
Split-complement 2#D43DDF
Triadic 1#3D99DF
Triadic 2#DF3D99
Tetradic#3DDFD4
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°86°

#99df3d sits at 86°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red60.0%
Green87.5%
Blue23.9%
R · 0–255
153
0x99
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
61
0x3d

CMYK percentages

Cyan31.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow72.6%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 117%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#99df3d text on a black background

contrast 12.98:1

Card sample

#99df3d text on a white background

contrast 1.62:1

Card sample

#99df3d on grey

1.48:1

#99df3d on its own surface

1.54:1

#99df3d on its dark surface

9.87:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #99df3d;
Background color
Panel with #99df3d background
background-color: #99df3d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #99df3d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(153, 223, 61, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(153, 223, 61, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #99df3d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99df3d, #3DDF4D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #99df3d, #3DDF75);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #99df3d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #99df3d;
caret-color: #99df3d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #99df3d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F3FBE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #99df3d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#99df3d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #99df3d over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(153, 223, 61, 0.5)
rgb(153 223 61 / 50%)
#99df3d80
hsl(86 72% 56% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #99df3d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#99df3d1a#F5FCEC
20%#99df3d33#EBF9D8
40%#99df3d66#D6F2B1
60%#99df3d99#C2EC8B
80%#99df3dcc#ADE564

Gradients from #99df3d

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #B5E872, #99df3d 45%, #466D12);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #99df3d, #24DA45);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #99df3d, #833DDF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #C3EC8C 0%, #99df3d 45%, #466D12 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E6D369 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #57E359 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #466D12 0%, transparent 65%), #99df3d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #99df3d

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#99df3d in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 12.98:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#99df3d, answered

What color is #99df3d?

#99df3d is a balanced vivid green, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 4.6). It sits at 86° on the hue wheel with 72% saturation and 56% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #99df3d?

rgb(153, 223, 61) — 153 red, 223 green and 61 blue out of 255, or 60% / 87.5% / 23.9% by channel.

What is #99df3d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(86, 72%, 56%) and hsv(86, 73%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #99df3d a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5988 and perceived brightness is 75%, so black text on it reaches 12.98:1.

Should I use black or white text on #99df3d?

Black. It scores 12.98:1 against #99df3d, versus 1.62:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #99df3d accessible on a white background?

#99df3d on white scores 1.62:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #538215 to reach 4.5:1, or #3D5F10 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #99df3d?

#833DDF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #3D48DF and #D43DDF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #99df3d?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #D9EDC0 for borders, #789B4B for secondary text, #5839E4 as an accent and #466D12 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DFD43D and #48DF3D stays calm, while #833DDF is the loudest partner.

What is #99df3d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(31%, 0%, 73%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #99df3d warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 47 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D5DF3D; nudged cooler, #5CE13B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #99df3d?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 4.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #99df3d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #99df3d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#99df3d] or text-[#99df3d], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #99df3d with 50% opacity?

rgba(153, 223, 61, 0.5), or #99df3d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CCEF9E; over black, #4D701F.

Is #99df3d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC33, ΔE2000 4.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #99df3d mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #99df3d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #B5E872, #99df3d 45%, #466D12). For more colour, a short hue run to #24DA45 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #99df3d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #99df3d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.