#979B2A#979B2A

#979B2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.131 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979B2A
RGB	rgb(151, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 72.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, -15.48, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 57.32, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% -0.0482 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.131 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9026, 30.1898, 6.7055)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979B2A #2E2A9B

analogous

#9B662A #979B2A #5E9B2A

triadic

#979B2A #2A979B #9B2A97

tetradic

#979B2A #2A9B66 #2E2A9B #9B2A5E

square

#979B2A #2A9B66 #2E2A9B #9B2A5E

split-complementary

#979B2A #2A5E9B #662A9B

monochromatic

#393B10 #686B1D #979B2A #C4C939 #D2D669

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#979B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#979B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979B2A

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979B2A	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.131 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b86c',
    500: '#979b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979b2a;
$custom-light: #b9b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.124,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66553,
    "c": 0.13133,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979B2A

secondary

#6764BD

accent

#47E14D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979B2A

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

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