#979D1C#979D1C

#979D1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.141 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979D1C
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 28)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(63, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 82.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -17.10, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 62.51, 105.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0538 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.141 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0299, 30.7777, 5.7206)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979D1C #221C9D

analogous

#9D631C #979D1C #579D1C

triadic

#979D1C #1C979D #9D1C97

tetradic

#979D1C #1C9D63 #221C9D #9D1C57

square

#979D1C #1C9D63 #221C9D #9D1C57

split-complementary

#979D1C #1C579D #631C9D

monochromatic

#333509 #656913 #979D1C #C9D125 #DAE053

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#979D1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#979D1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979D1C

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979D1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979D1C	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979d1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.141 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b966',
    500: '#979d1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979d1c;
$custom-light: #b9b966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979d1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.791,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66932,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979D1C

secondary

#5751C3

accent

#3BED44

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979D1C

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

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