#979933#979933

#979933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.123 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979933
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 66.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, -13.93, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 53.02, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% -0.0429 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.123 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7520, 29.6014, 7.5411)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979933 #353399

analogous

#996833 #979933 #649933

triadic

#979933 #339799 #993397

tetradic

#979933 #339968 #353399 #993364

square

#979933 #339968 #353399 #993364

split-complementary

#979933 #336499 #683399

monochromatic

#3C3D14 #6A6B24 #979933 #BFC247 #CFD175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#979933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#979933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979933

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979933	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6953A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.123 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b670',
    500: '#979933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979933;
$custom-light: #b8b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.176,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66166,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979933

secondary

#706EB9

accent

#4EDA51

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979933

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

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