#979947#979947

#979947 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.105 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979947
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 71)
HSL	hsl(61, 37%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 53.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -12.44, 42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 44.03, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.0365 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.105 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2917, 29.8173, 10.3830)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979947 #494799

analogous

#997247 #979947 #6E9947

triadic

#979947 #479799 #994797

tetradic

#979947 #479972 #494799 #99476E

square

#979947 #479972 #494799 #99476E

split-complementary

#979947 #476E99 #724799

monochromatic

#444520 #6E6F34 #979947 #B6B865 #CACB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#979947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#979947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979947

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979947	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4933F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.105 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b67d',
    500: '#979947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979947;
$custom-light: #b7b67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.463,
    "s": 36.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66376,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979947

secondary

#8685B7

accent

#5BCD5E

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #979947

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

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