#979E1A#979E1A

#979E1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.143 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979E1A
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 26)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(63, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -17.68, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 63.41, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0556 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.143 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1767, 31.1082, 5.6553)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E1A #211A9E

analogous

#9E631A #979E1A #559E1A

triadic

#979E1A #1A979E #9E1A97

tetradic

#979E1A #1A9E63 #211A9E #9E1A55

square

#979E1A #1A9E63 #211A9E #9E1A55

split-complementary

#979E1A #1A559E #631A9E

monochromatic

#333509 #656911 #979E1A #C9D323 #DAE250

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#979E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#979E1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E1A

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E1A	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.143 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ba65',
    500: '#979e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e1a;
$custom-light: #b9ba65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.182,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67153,
    "c": 0.14268,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E1A

secondary

#554FC5

accent

#39EE43

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E1A

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

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