#979D1E#979D1E

#979D1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.140 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979D1E
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 30)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 80.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -17.03, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 61.96, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% -0.0535 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.14 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0547, 30.7876, 5.8508)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979D1E #241E9D

analogous

#9D641E #979D1E #589D1E

triadic

#979D1E #1E979D #9D1E97

tetradic

#979D1E #1E9D64 #241E9D #9D1E58

square

#979D1E #1E9D64 #241E9D #9D1E58

split-complementary

#979D1E #1E589D #641E9D

monochromatic

#34360A #666A14 #979D1E #C8D028 #D8DF57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#979D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#979D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979D1E

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979D1E	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)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.140 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b967',
    500: '#979d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979d1e;
$custom-light: #b9b967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.835,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66941,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979D1E

secondary

#5A54C2

accent

#3DEB45

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979D1E

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

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