#979E1C#979E1C

#979E1C 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	#979E1C
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 28)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(63, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 82.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, -17.61, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 62.89, 106.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0553 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.142 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1998, 31.1175, 5.7772)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E1C #231C9E

analogous

#9E641C #979E1C #569E1C

triadic

#979E1C #1C979E #9E1C97

tetradic

#979E1C #1C9E64 #231C9E #9E1C56

square

#979E1C #1C9E64 #231C9E #9E1C56

split-complementary

#979E1C #1C569E #641C9E

monochromatic

#34360A #656A13 #979E1C #C9D225 #D9E154

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#979E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#979E1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E1C

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E1C	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)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.142 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ba66',
    500: '#979e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e1c;
$custom-light: #b9ba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.231,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67162,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E1C

secondary

#5852C4

accent

#3BED45

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E1C

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

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