#979F21#979F21

#979F21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.141 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979F21
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 33)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(64, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 79.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -17.94, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 61.88, 106.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.0558 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.141 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4360, 31.4859, 6.1760)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979F21 #29219F

analogous

#9F6821 #979F21 #589F21

triadic

#979F21 #21979F #9F2197

tetradic

#979F21 #219F68 #29219F #9F2158

square

#979F21 #219F68 #29219F #9F2158

split-complementary

#979F21 #21589F #68219F

monochromatic

#373A0C #676C16 #979F21 #C7D22C #D5DD5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#979F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#979F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979F21

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979F21	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.141 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bb68',
    500: '#979f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979f21;
$custom-light: #b9bb68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.81,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67417,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979F21

secondary

#615AC2

accent

#3FE94A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979F21

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

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