#979040#979040

#979040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.102 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979040
RGB	rgb(151, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 57.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -8.21, 42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 43.43, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0252 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.102 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6619, 26.8968, 8.7947)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979040 #404797

analogous

#976440 #979040 #739740

triadic

#979040 #409790 #904097

tetradic

#979040 #409764 #404797 #974073

square

#979040 #409764 #404797 #974073

split-complementary

#979040 #407397 #644097

monochromatic

#413E1C #6C672E #979040 #B9B25B #CCC686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#979040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#979040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979040

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979040	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.102 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b078',
    500: '#979040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979040;
$custom-light: #b8b078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.172,
    "s": 40.465,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64267,
    "c": 0.10221,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979040

secondary

#7D81B6

accent

#61D057

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979040

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

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