#979524#979524

#979524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.129 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979524
RGB	rgb(151, 149, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 76.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -12.61, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 57.07, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.0407 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.129 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8293, 28.2024, 5.8571)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979524 #242697

analogous

#975C24 #979524 #5F9724

triadic

#979524 #249795 #952497

tetradic

#979524 #24975C #242697 #97245F

square

#979524 #24975C #242697 #97245F

split-complementary

#979524 #245F97 #5C2497

monochromatic

#34330C #666418 #979524 #C8C630 #D8D65D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#979524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#979524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979524

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979524	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 149, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.129 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b368',
    500: '#979524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979524;
$custom-light: #b9b368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65146,
    "c": 0.12868,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979524

secondary

#5A5BBD

accent

#46E543

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979524

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

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