#979E1B#979E1B

#979E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.142 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979E1B
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 27)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(63, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -17.64, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 63.15, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0554 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.142 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1880, 31.1128, 5.7152)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E1B #221B9E

analogous

#9E641B #979E1B #569E1B

triadic

#979E1B #1B979E #9E1B97

tetradic

#979E1B #1B9E64 #221B9E #9E1B56

square

#979E1B #1B9E64 #221B9E #9E1B56

split-complementary

#979E1B #1B569E #641B9E

monochromatic

#333509 #656A12 #979E1B #C9D224 #DAE152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#979E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#979E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E1B

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E1B	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: #979e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.142 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ba66',
    500: '#979e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e1b;
$custom-light: #b9ba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.206,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67157,
    "c": 0.14228,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E1B

secondary

#5751C4

accent

#3AEE44

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E1B

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

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