#979D18#979D18

#979D18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.142 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979D18
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 24)
HSL	hsl(63, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 84.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, -17.22, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 63.52, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0544 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.142 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9852, 30.7598, 5.4851)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979D18 #1E189D

analogous

#9D6118 #979D18 #549D18

triadic

#979D18 #18979D #9D1897

tetradic

#979D18 #189D61 #1E189D #9D1854

square

#979D18 #189D61 #1E189D #9D1854

split-complementary

#979D18 #18549D #61189D

monochromatic

#313308 #646810 #979D18 #CAD220 #DDE44C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#979D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#979D18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979D18

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979D18	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.142 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b964',
    500: '#979d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979d18;
$custom-light: #b9b964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.707,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66915,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979D18

secondary

#514BC5

accent

#38F040

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979D18

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

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