#979A24#979A24

#979A24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.134 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979A24
RGB	rgb(151, 154, 36)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 76.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -15.24, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 58.98, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.048 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.134 111)
XYZ	xyz(24.6374, 29.8186, 6.1265)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979A24 #27249A

analogous

#9A6224 #979A24 #5C9A24

triadic

#979A24 #24979A #9A2497

tetradic

#979A24 #249A62 #27249A #9A245C

square

#979A24 #249A62 #27249A #9A245C

split-complementary

#979A24 #245C9A #62249A

monochromatic

#36370D #666818 #979A24 #C8CC30 #D6DA5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#979A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#979A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979A24

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979A24	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)

#A69306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 154, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.134 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b769',
    500: '#979a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979a24;
$custom-light: #b9b769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.525,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66286,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.29818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979A24

secondary

#5E5BBF

accent

#43E547

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979A24

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

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