#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
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 79%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, -16.92, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 61.09, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% -0.0529 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.138 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0948, 30.8037, 6.0623)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##979D21	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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