#979E17#979E17

#979E17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.144 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979E17
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 23)
HSL	hsl(63, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, -17.77, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 64.13, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.056 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.144 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1449, 31.0955, 5.4879)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E17 #1E179E

analogous

#9E6117 #979E17 #539E17

triadic

#979E17 #17979E #9E1797

tetradic

#979E17 #179E61 #1E179E #9E1753

square

#979E17 #179E61 #1E179E #9E1753

split-complementary

#979E17 #17539E #61179E

monochromatic

#313307 #64690F #979E17 #CAD31F #DDE54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#979E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#979E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E17

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E17	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)

#AB9926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.144 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ba64',
    500: '#979e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e17;
$custom-light: #b9ba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.111,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67141,
    "c": 0.14382,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E17

secondary

#514AC6

accent

#37F140

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E17

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

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