#979E20#979E20

#979E20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.140 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979E20
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 32)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, -17.47, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 61.78, 106.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.0546 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.14 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2509, 31.1379, 6.0463)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E20 #27209E

analogous

#9E6620 #979E20 #589E20

triadic

#979E20 #20979E #9E2097

tetradic

#979E20 #209E66 #27209E #9E2058

square

#979E20 #209E66 #27209E #9E2058

split-complementary

#979E20 #20589E #66209E

monochromatic

#36380B #666B16 #979E20 #C8D12A #D6DE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#979E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#979E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E20

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E20	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.140 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ba68',
    500: '#979e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e20;
$custom-light: #b9ba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67181,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E20

secondary

#5E58C2

accent

#3FE948

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E20

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

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