#979921#979921

#979921 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.134 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979921
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, -14.84, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 59.55, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0472 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.134 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4291, 29.4723, 5.8404)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979921 #232199

analogous

#995F21 #979921 #5B9921

triadic

#979921 #219799 #992197

tetradic

#979921 #21995F #232199 #99215B

square

#979921 #21995F #232199 #99215B

split-complementary

#979921 #215B99 #5F2199

monochromatic

#34340B #656716 #979921 #C9CB2C #D9DB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#979921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#979921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979921

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979921	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.134 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b667',
    500: '#979921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979921;
$custom-light: #b9b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6604,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979921

secondary

#5856BF

accent

#40E843

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979921

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

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