#979529#979529

#979529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.126 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979529
RGB	rgb(151, 149, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 72.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, -12.38, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 55.31, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% -0.0396 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.126 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9111, 28.2351, 6.2878)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979529 #292B97

analogous

#975E29 #979529 #629729

triadic

#979529 #299795 #952997

tetradic

#979529 #29975E #292B97 #972962

square

#979529 #29975E #292B97 #972962

split-complementary

#979529 #296297 #5E2997

monochromatic

#37360F #67661C #979529 #C7C436 #D5D365

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#979529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#979529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979529

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979529	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 149, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.126 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b36b',
    500: '#979529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979529;
$custom-light: #b9b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65179,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979529

secondary

#6162BB

accent

#4AE147

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979529

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

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