#979E15#979E15

#979E15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.145 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979E15
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 21)
HSL	hsl(63, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -17.82, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 64.57, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0563 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.145 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1256, 31.0878, 5.3863)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E15 #1C159E

analogous

#9E6115 #979E15 #529E15

triadic

#979E15 #15979E #9E1597

tetradic

#979E15 #159E61 #1C159E #9E1552

square

#979E15 #159E61 #1C159E #9E1552

split-complementary

#979E15 #15529E #61159E

monochromatic

#303207 #63680E #979E15 #CBD41C #DEE747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#979E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#979E15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E15

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E15	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.145 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baba64',
    500: '#979e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e15;
$custom-light: #baba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.066,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67134,
    "c": 0.14452,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E15

secondary

#4E47C7

accent

#35F33E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E15

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

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