#979727#979727

#979727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.129 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979727
RGB	rgb(151, 151, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, -13.53, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 56.80, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.043 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.129 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1962, 28.8597, 6.2150)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979727 #272797

analogous

#975F27 #979727 #5F9727

triadic

#979727 #279797 #972797

tetradic

#979727 #27975F #272797 #97275F

square

#979727 #27975F #272797 #97275F

split-complementary

#979727 #275F97 #5F2797

monochromatic

#36360E #66661A #979727 #C8C834 #D6D662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#979727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#979727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979727

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979727	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 151, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.129 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b56a',
    500: '#979727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979727;
$custom-light: #b9b56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6562,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979727

secondary

#5E5EBC

accent

#46E246

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979727

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

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