#979231#979231

#979231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.117 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979231
RGB	rgb(151, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 67.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -10.34, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 51.00, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.033 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.117 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5966, 27.3596, 6.9431)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979231 #313697

analogous

#975F31 #979231 #699731

triadic

#979231 #319792 #923197

tetradic

#979231 #31975F #313697 #973169

square

#979231 #31975F #313697 #973169

split-complementary

#979231 #316997 #5F3197

monochromatic

#3B3913 #696522 #979231 #C2BC43 #D1CC71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#979231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#979231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979231

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979231	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2887E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.117 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b16f',
    500: '#979231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979231;
$custom-light: #b8b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.059,
    "s": 51,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64563,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979231

secondary

#6B6FB9

accent

#54DA4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EC

border

#D0CFC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979231

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

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