#979D28#979D28

#979D28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.135 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979D28
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 40)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 74.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -16.61, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 58.83, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67% -0.0515 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.135 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2033, 30.8470, 6.6335)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979D28 #2E289D

analogous

#9D6828 #979D28 #5C9D28

triadic

#979D28 #28979D #9D2897

tetradic

#979D28 #289D68 #2E289D #9D285C

square

#979D28 #289D68 #2E289D #9D285C

split-complementary

#979D28 #285C9D #68289D

monochromatic

#393B0F #686C1C #979D28 #C4CC36 #D2D867

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#979D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#979D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979D28

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979D28	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9950F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.135 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b96b',
    500: '#979d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979d28;
$custom-light: #b9b96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66998,
    "c": 0.13469,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979D28

secondary

#6762BE

accent

#45E34D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979D28

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

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