#979A4E#979A4E

#979A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.100 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979A4E
RGB	rgb(151, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(62, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 49.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, -12.32, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 41.08, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% -0.0354 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.1 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6937, 30.2411, 11.6899)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979A4E #514E9A

analogous

#9A774E #979A4E #719A4E

triadic

#979A4E #4E979A #9A4E97

tetradic

#979A4E #4E9A77 #514E9A #9A4E71

square

#979A4E #4E9A77 #514E9A #9A4E71

split-complementary

#979A4E #4E719A #774E9A

monochromatic

#474925 #6F7139 #979A4E #B3B66F #C9CB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#979A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#979A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979A4E

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979A4E	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.100 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b781',
    500: '#979a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979a4e;
$custom-light: #b7b781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.368,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66694,
    "c": 0.09951,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979A4E

secondary

#8E8DB7

accent

#5FC963

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#11110A

muted

#80807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #979A4E

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

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