#979D1F#979D1F

#979D1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.139 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979D1F
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 31)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 80.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -16.99, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 61.68, 105.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% -0.0533 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.139 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0676, 30.7928, 5.9192)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979D1F #251F9D

analogous

#9D641F #979D1F #589D1F

triadic

#979D1F #1F979D #9D1F97

tetradic

#979D1F #1F9D64 #251F9D #9D1F58

square

#979D1F #1F9D64 #251F9D #9D1F58

split-complementary

#979D1F #1F589D #641F9D

monochromatic

#35370B #666A15 #979D1F #C8D029 #D8DE58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#979D1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#979D1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979D1F

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979D1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979D1F	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)

#AA982B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979d1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.139 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b967',
    500: '#979d1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979d1f;
$custom-light: #b9b967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979d1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 67.021,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66946,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979D1F

secondary

#5B56C2

accent

#3EEA46

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979D1F

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

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