#979720#979720

#979720 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.133 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979720
RGB	rgb(151, 151, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, -13.83, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 59.11, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0445 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.133 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0907, 28.8176, 5.6596)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979720 #202097

analogous

#975B20 #979720 #5B9720

triadic

#979720 #209797 #972097

tetradic

#979720 #20975B #202097 #97205B

square

#979720 #20975B #202097 #97205B

split-complementary

#979720 #205B97 #5B2097

monochromatic

#32320B #646415 #979720 #C9C92B #DBDB56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#979720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#979720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979720

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979720	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 151, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.133 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b567',
    500: '#979720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979720;
$custom-light: #b9b567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.027,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65578,
    "c": 0.13281,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979720

secondary

#5454BF

accent

#40E840

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979720

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

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