#979A20#979A20

#979A20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.136 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979A20
RGB	rgb(151, 154, 32)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 79.2%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -15.40, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 60.23, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.0488 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.136 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5797, 29.7955, 5.8225)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979A20 #23209A

analogous

#9A6020 #979A20 #5A9A20

triadic

#979A20 #20979A #9A2097

tetradic

#979A20 #209A60 #23209A #9A205A

square

#979A20 #209A60 #23209A #9A205A

split-complementary

#979A20 #205A9A #60209A

monochromatic

#34350B #656715 #979A20 #C9CD2B #D9DC58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#979A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#979A20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979A20

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979A20	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 154, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.136 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b767',
    500: '#979a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979a20;
$custom-light: #b9b767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.475,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66263,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979A20

secondary

#5856C0

accent

#3FE943

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979A20

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

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