#979D31#979D31

#979D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.129 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979D31
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 68.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, -16.14, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 55.52, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% -0.0493 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.129 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3746, 30.9156, 7.5358)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979D31 #37319D

analogous

#9D6D31 #979D31 #619D31

triadic

#979D31 #31979D #9D3197

tetradic

#979D31 #319D6D #37319D #9D3161

square

#979D31 #319D6D #37319D #9D3161

split-complementary

#979D31 #31619D #6D319D

monochromatic

#3D4014 #6A6E22 #979D31 #BEC546 #CFD475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#979D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#979D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979D31

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979D31	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.129 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b970',
    500: '#979d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979d31;
$custom-light: #b9b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 52.427,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67063,
    "c": 0.12884,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979D31

secondary

#726EBC

accent

#4CDC54

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979D31

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

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