#979620#979620

#979620 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.132 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979620
RGB	rgb(151, 150, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 78.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -13.31, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 58.74, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.043 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.132 109)
XYZ	xyz(23.9305, 28.4970, 5.6061)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979620 #202197

analogous

#975A20 #979620 #5C9720

triadic

#979620 #209796 #962097

tetradic

#979620 #20975A #202197 #97205C

square

#979620 #20975A #202197 #97205C

split-complementary

#979620 #205C97 #5A2097

monochromatic

#32320B #646415 #979620 #C9C82B #DBDA56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#979620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#979620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979620

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979620	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 150, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.132 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b467',
    500: '#979620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979620;
$custom-light: #b9b467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.496,
    "s": 65.027,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6535,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.28496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979620

secondary

#5455BF

accent

#41E840

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979620

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

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