#979C1C#979C1C

#979C1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.140 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979C1C
RGB	rgb(151, 156, 28)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 82.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, -16.58, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 62.13, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% -0.0524 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.14 112)
XYZ	xyz(24.8614, 30.4407, 5.6644)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979C1C #211C9C

analogous

#9C611C #979C1C #579C1C

triadic

#979C1C #1C979C #9C1C97

tetradic

#979C1C #1C9C61 #211C9C #9C1C57

square

#979C1C #1C9C61 #211C9C #9C1C57

split-complementary

#979C1C #1C579C #611C9C

monochromatic

#333409 #656813 #979C1C #C9D025 #DAE052

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#979C1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#979C1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979C1C

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979C1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979C1C	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979c1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 156, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.140 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b966',
    500: '#979c1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979c1c;
$custom-light: #b9b966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979c1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.344,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66702,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.3044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979C1C

secondary

#5551C3

accent

#3BEC42

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979C1C

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

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