#979520#979520

#979520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.131 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979520
RGB	rgb(151, 149, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 78.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, -12.78, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 58.37, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0415 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.131 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7716, 28.1793, 5.5532)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979520 #202297

analogous

#975920 #979520 #5D9720

triadic

#979520 #209795 #952097

tetradic

#979520 #209759 #202297 #97205D

square

#979520 #209759 #202297 #97205D

split-complementary

#979520 #205D97 #592097

monochromatic

#32310B #646315 #979520 #C9C72B #DBD956

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#979520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#979520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979520

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979520	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 149, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.131 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b366',
    500: '#979520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979520;
$custom-light: #b9b366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 65.027,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65123,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979520

secondary

#5456BF

accent

#43E840

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979520

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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