#979C27#979C27

#979C27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.134 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979C27
RGB	rgb(151, 156, 39)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, -16.14, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 58.77, 105.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% -0.0503 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.134 112)
XYZ	xyz(25.0180, 30.5033, 6.4889)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979C27 #2C279C

analogous

#9C6627 #979C27 #5C9C27

triadic

#979C27 #27979C #9C2797

tetradic

#979C27 #279C66 #2C279C #9C275C

square

#979C27 #279C66 #2C279C #9C275C

split-complementary

#979C27 #275C9C #66279C

monochromatic

#383A0F #686B1B #979C27 #C6CC34 #D4D865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#979C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#979C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979C27

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979C27	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8950D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 156, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.134 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b96b',
    500: '#979c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979c27;
$custom-light: #b9b96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.564,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66762,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.30503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979C27

secondary

#6561BE

accent

#45E34B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979C27

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

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