#979A2E#979A2E

#979A2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.128 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979A2E
RGB	rgb(151, 154, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 70.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -14.75, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 55.42, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0457 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.128 111)
XYZ	xyz(24.8120, 29.8884, 7.0462)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979A2E #312E9A

analogous

#9A672E #979A2E #619A2E

triadic

#979A2E #2E979A #9A2E97

tetradic

#979A2E #2E9A67 #312E9A #9A2E61

square

#979A2E #2E9A67 #312E9A #9A2E61

split-complementary

#979A2E #2E619A #672E9A

monochromatic

#3B3C12 #696B20 #979A2E #C2C63F #D1D46F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#979A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#979A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979A2E

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979A2E	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6931D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 154, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.128 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b76e',
    500: '#979a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979a2e;
$custom-light: #b9b76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66353,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.29888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979A2E

secondary

#6B69BB

accent

#4ADD4F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979A2E

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

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