#979B24#979B24

#979B24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.135 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979B24
RGB	rgb(151, 155, 36)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 76.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -15.76, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 59.37, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% -0.0495 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.135 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8031, 30.1500, 6.1817)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979B24 #28249B

analogous

#9B6424 #979B24 #5B9B24

triadic

#979B24 #24979B #9B2497

tetradic

#979B24 #249B64 #28249B #9B245B

square

#979B24 #249B64 #28249B #9B245B

split-complementary

#979B24 #245B9B #64249B

monochromatic

#36380D #676918 #979B24 #C7CD30 #D6DA5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#979B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#979B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979B24

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979B24	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79405

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 155, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.135 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b869',
    500: '#979b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979b24;
$custom-light: #b9b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.017,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66514,
    "c": 0.13483,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979B24

secondary

#5F5CBF

accent

#42E548

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979B24

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

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