#979F12#979F12

#979F12 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.146 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979F12
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 18)
HSL	hsl(63, 80%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(63, 89%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 88.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -18.40, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 65.55, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.058 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.147 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2707, 31.4198, 5.3056)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979F12 #1A129F

analogous

#9F6012 #979F12 #519F12

triadic

#979F12 #12979F #9F1297

tetradic

#979F12 #129F60 #1A129F #9F1251

square

#979F12 #129F60 #1A129F #9F1251

split-complementary

#979F12 #12519F #60129F

monochromatic

#2F3106 #63680C #979F12 #CBD618 #E0EA42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#979F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#979F12 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979F12

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979F12	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.146 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#babb63',
    500: '#979f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979f12;
$custom-light: #babb63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.404,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67355,
    "c": 0.1465,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979F12

secondary

#4B43CA

accent

#32F63D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979F12

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

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