#979637#979637

#979637 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.117 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979637
RGB	rgb(151, 150, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 63.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, -12.09, 48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 50.07, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0373 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.117 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3592, 28.6685, 7.8641)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979637 #373897

analogous

#976637 #979637 #689737

triadic

#979637 #379796 #963797

tetradic

#979637 #379766 #373897 #973768

square

#979637 #379766 #373897 #973768

split-complementary

#979637 #376897 #663797

monochromatic

#3D3D16 #6A6927 #979637 #BEBD4D #CFCE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#979637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#979637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979637

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979637	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 150, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.117 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b473',
    500: '#979637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979637;
$custom-light: #b8b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.375,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65521,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979637

secondary

#7273B8

accent

#53D652

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979637

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

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