#979927#979927

#979927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.131 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979927
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 74.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -14.58, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 57.58, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.0459 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.131 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5208, 29.5089, 6.3232)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979927 #292799

analogous

#996227 #979927 #5E9927

triadic

#979927 #279799 #992797

tetradic

#979927 #279962 #292799 #99275E

square

#979927 #279962 #292799 #99275E

split-complementary

#979927 #275E99 #622799

monochromatic

#37370E #67681B #979927 #C7CA33 #D5D763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#979927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#979927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979927

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979927	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5920F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.131 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b66a',
    500: '#979927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979927;
$custom-light: #b9b66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.053,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66076,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979927

secondary

#615FBD

accent

#45E348

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979927

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

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