#979C1E#979C1E

#979C1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.139 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979C1E
RGB	rgb(151, 156, 30)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 80.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, -16.51, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 61.58, 105.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0521 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.139 112)
XYZ	xyz(24.8862, 30.4506, 5.7947)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979C1E #231E9C

analogous

#9C621E #979C1E #589C1E

triadic

#979C1E #1E979C #9C1E97

tetradic

#979C1E #1E9C62 #231E9C #9C1E58

square

#979C1E #1E9C62 #231E9C #9C1E58

split-complementary

#979C1E #1E589C #621E9C

monochromatic

#34350A #656914 #979C1E #C9CF28 #D9DE56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#979C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#979C1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979C1E

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979C1E	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)

#A9972A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 156, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.139 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b967',
    500: '#979c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979c1e;
$custom-light: #b9b967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.381,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66712,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.3045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979C1E

secondary

#5854C2

accent

#3DEB44

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979C1E

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

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