#979916#979916

#979916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.139 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979916
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(61, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -15.21, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 62.53, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.049 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.139 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2995, 29.4204, 5.1576)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979916 #181699

analogous

#995A16 #979916 #569916

triadic

#979916 #169799 #991697

tetradic

#979916 #16995A #181699 #991656

square

#979916 #16995A #181699 #991656

split-complementary

#979916 #165699 #5A1699

monochromatic

#2D2E07 #62630E #979916 #CCCF1E #E2E445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#979916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#979916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979916

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979916	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.139 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab663',
    500: '#979916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979916;
$custom-light: #bab663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.916,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65989,
    "c": 0.13912,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979916

secondary

#4846C5

accent

#36F139

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979916

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

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