#979F1D#979F1D

#979F1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.142 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979F1D
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 29)
HSL	hsl(64, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(64, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 81.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -18.09, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 63.01, 106.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.0565 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.142 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3832, 31.4649, 5.8983)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979F1D #251D9F

analogous

#9F661D #979F1D #569F1D

triadic

#979F1D #1D979F #9F1D97

tetradic

#979F1D #1D9F66 #251D9F #9F1D56

square

#979F1D #1D9F66 #251D9F #9F1D56

split-complementary

#979F1D #1D569F #661D9F

monochromatic

#35370A #666B14 #979F1D #C8D326 #D8E056

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#979F1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#979F1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979F1D

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979F1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979F1D	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)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979f1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.142 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bb67',
    500: '#979f1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979f1d;
$custom-light: #b9bb67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979f1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.692,
    "s": 69.149,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67397,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979F1D

secondary

#5B54C4

accent

#3CEC47

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979F1D

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

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