#979A1E#979A1E

#979A1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.137 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979A1E
RGB	rgb(151, 154, 30)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 80.5%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -15.47, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 60.82, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% -0.0492 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.137 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5533, 29.7849, 5.6837)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979A1E #211E9A

analogous

#9A5F1E #979A1E #599A1E

triadic

#979A1E #1E979A #9A1E97

tetradic

#979A1E #1E9A5F #211E9A #9A1E59

square

#979A1E #1E9A5F #211E9A #9A1E59

split-complementary

#979A1E #1E599A #5F1E9A

monochromatic

#33340A #656714 #979A1E #C9CD28 #DADE55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#979A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#979A1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979A1E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979A1E	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 154, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.137 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b766',
    500: '#979a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979a1e;
$custom-light: #b9b766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.452,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66253,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979A1E

secondary

#5553C1

accent

#3EEA42

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979A1E

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

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