#979E1E#979E1E

#979E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.141 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979E1E
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 30)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, -17.54, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 62.35, 106.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0549 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.141 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2245, 31.1274, 5.9075)
Luminance	0.3113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E1E #251E9E

analogous

#9E651E #979E1E #579E1E

triadic

#979E1E #1E979E #9E1E97

tetradic

#979E1E #1E9E65 #251E9E #9E1E57

square

#979E1E #1E9E65 #251E9E #9E1E57

split-complementary

#979E1E #1E579E #651E9E

monochromatic

#35370A #666B14 #979E1E #C8D128 #D8DF57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#979E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#979E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E1E

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E1E	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.141 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ba67',
    500: '#979e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e1e;
$custom-light: #b9ba67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.281,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67171,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E1E

secondary

#5B55C3

accent

#3DEB46

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E1E

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

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