#979E21#979E21

#979E21 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	#979E21
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 79.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, -17.43, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 61.48, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0544 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.14 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2647, 31.1434, 6.1189)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E21 #28219E

analogous

#9E6721 #979E21 #599E21

triadic

#979E21 #21979E #9E2197

tetradic

#979E21 #219E67 #28219E #9E2159

square

#979E21 #219E67 #28219E #9E2159

split-complementary

#979E21 #21599E #67219E

monochromatic

#36390C #676B16 #979E21 #C7D12C #D6DD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#979E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#979E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E21

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E21	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)

#AA992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.140 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ba68',
    500: '#979e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e21;
$custom-light: #b9ba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.36,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67186,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E21

secondary

#5F59C1

accent

#3FE849

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E21

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

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