#979531#979531

#979531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.120 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979531
RGB	rgb(151, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 67.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, -11.94, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 52.19, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0375 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.12 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0652, 28.2967, 7.0993)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979531 #313397

analogous

#976231 #979531 #669731

triadic

#979531 #319795 #953197

tetradic

#979531 #319762 #313397 #973166

square

#979531 #319762 #313397 #973166

split-complementary

#979531 #316697 #623197

monochromatic

#3B3A13 #696722 #979531 #C2C043 #D1CF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#979531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#979531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979531

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979531	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.120 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b36f',
    500: '#979531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979531;
$custom-light: #b8b36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 51,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65241,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979531

secondary

#6B6CB9

accent

#50DA4D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979531

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

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