#979F1A#979F1A

#979F1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.144 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979F1A
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 26)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(64, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 83.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, -18.19, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 63.79, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.057 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.144 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3479, 31.4507, 5.7124)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979F1A #221A9F

analogous

#9F651A #979F1A #559F1A

triadic

#979F1A #1A979F #9F1A97

tetradic

#979F1A #1A9F65 #221A9F #9F1A55

square

#979F1A #1A9F65 #221A9F #9F1A55

split-complementary

#979F1A #1A559F #651A9F

monochromatic

#333609 #656A11 #979F1A #C9D423 #DAE351

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#979F1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#979F1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979F1A

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979F1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979F1A	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979f1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.144 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bb65',
    500: '#979f1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979f1a;
$custom-light: #b9bb65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979f1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.609,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67384,
    "c": 0.14373,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979F1A

secondary

#5750C5

accent

#39EF44

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979F1A

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

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