#979A2A#979A2A

#979A2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.130 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979A2A
RGB	rgb(151, 154, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 72.7%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, -14.96, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 56.91, 105.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0467 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.13 111)
XYZ	xyz(24.7368, 29.8583, 6.6502)
Luminance	0.2986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979A2A #2D2A9A

analogous

#9A652A #979A2A #5F9A2A

triadic

#979A2A #2A979A #9A2A97

tetradic

#979A2A #2A9A65 #2D2A9A #9A2A5F

square

#979A2A #2A9A65 #2D2A9A #9A2A5F

split-complementary

#979A2A #2A5F9A #652A9A

monochromatic

#393A10 #686A1D #979A2A #C5C938 #D3D668

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#979A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#979A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979A2A

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979A2A	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 154, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.130 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b76c',
    500: '#979a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979a2a;
$custom-light: #b9b76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.607,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66324,
    "c": 0.13026,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.29858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979A2A

secondary

#6663BC

accent

#47E04B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979A2A

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

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