#979B1E#979B1E

#979B1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.138 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979B1E
RGB	rgb(151, 155, 30)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 80.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -15.99, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 61.20, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% -0.0506 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.138 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7191, 30.1164, 5.7390)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979B1E #221E9B

analogous

#9B611E #979B1E #599B1E

triadic

#979B1E #1E979B #9B1E97

tetradic

#979B1E #1E9B61 #221E9B #9B1E59

square

#979B1E #1E9B61 #221E9B #9B1E59

split-complementary

#979B1E #1E599B #611E9B

monochromatic

#33340A #656814 #979B1E #C9CE28 #DADE55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#979B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#979B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979B1E

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979B1E	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 155, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.138 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b866',
    500: '#979b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979b1e;
$custom-light: #b9b866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.92,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66482,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979B1E

secondary

#5753C2

accent

#3DEA43

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979B1E

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

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