#979B2D#979B2D

#979B2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.129 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979B2D
RGB	rgb(151, 155, 45)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 71%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.84, -15.32, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.84, 56.21, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0474 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.129 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9583, 30.2121, 6.9989)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979B2D #312D9B

analogous

#9B682D #979B2D #609B2D

triadic

#979B2D #2D979B #9B2D97

tetradic

#979B2D #2D9B68 #312D9B #9B2D60

square

#979B2D #2D9B68 #312D9B #9B2D60

split-complementary

#979B2D #2D609B #682D9B

monochromatic

#3B3C11 #696C1F #979B2D #C2C73E #D1D56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#979B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#979B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979B2D

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979B2D	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)

#A7941A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 155, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.129 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b86d',
    500: '#979b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979b2d;
$custom-light: #b9b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66574,
    "c": 0.1294,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979B2D

secondary

#6B68BC

accent

#49DE4F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979B2D

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

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