#979939#979939

#979939 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.118 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979939
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 57)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 62.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -13.54, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 50.48, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0411 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.118 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8930, 29.6578, 8.2833)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979939 #3B3999

analogous

#996B39 #979939 #679939

triadic

#979939 #399799 #993997

tetradic

#979939 #39996B #3B3999 #993967

square

#979939 #39996B #3B3999 #993967

split-complementary

#979939 #396799 #6B3999

monochromatic

#3F4018 #6B6C28 #979939 #BCBE51 #CDCF7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#979939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#979939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979939

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979939	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)

#A5932D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5963F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.118 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b674',
    500: '#979939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979939;
$custom-light: #b8b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 45.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66221,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979939

secondary

#7776B8

accent

#52D555

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979939

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

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