#979937#979937

#979937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.120 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979937
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 64.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -13.67, 49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 51.34, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% -0.0417 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.12 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8441, 29.6382, 8.0257)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979937 #393799

analogous

#996A37 #979937 #669937

triadic

#979937 #379799 #993797

tetradic

#979937 #37996A #393799 #993766

square

#979937 #37996A #393799 #993766

split-complementary

#979937 #376699 #6A3799

monochromatic

#3E3F17 #6B6C27 #979937 #BDBF4E #CED07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#979937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#979937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979937

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979937	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6953D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.120 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b673',
    500: '#979937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979937;
$custom-light: #b8b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.224,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66202,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979937

secondary

#7573B9

accent

#51D754

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979937

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

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