#979D21#979D21

#979D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.138 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#979D21
RGBrgb(151, 157, 33)
HSLhsl(63, 65%, 37%)
HSVhsv(63, 79%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(3.8%, 0%, 79%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(62.34, -16.92, 58.70)
CIE-LCHlch(62.34, 61.09, 106.08°)
OKLaboklab(66.96% -0.0529 0.128)
OKLCHoklch(66.96% 0.138 112.5)
XYZxyz(25.0948, 30.8037, 6.0623)
Luminance0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#979D21 #27219D
analogous
#9D6521 #979D21 #599D21
triadic
#979D21 #21979D #9D2197
tetradic
#979D21 #219D65 #27219D #9D2159
square
#979D21 #219D65 #27219D #9D2159
split-complementary
#979D21 #21599D #65219D
monochromatic
#36380C #666A16 #979D21 #C8D02C #D6DD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93
#979D21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16
#979D21 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979D21
7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##979D21#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##979D211.002.937.167.16
#FFFFFF2.931.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1621.001.001.00
##0000007.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A99500
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA982C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A29386
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #979d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.138 112.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b968',
    500: '#979d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #979d21;
$custom-light: #b9b968;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#979d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.903,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66956,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#979D21
secondary
#5E59C1
accent
#40E848
background
#FBFBF6
surface
#F7F6EB
border
#D0D0C6
text
#121107
muted
#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979D21

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#979D21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva