#979B2E#979B2E

#979B2E 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	#979B2E
RGB	rgb(151, 155, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 70.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.84, -15.27, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.84, 55.84, 105.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% -0.0472 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.129 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9778, 30.2199, 7.1015)
Luminance	0.3022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979B2E #322E9B

analogous

#9B692E #979B2E #619B2E

triadic

#979B2E #2E979B #9B2E97

tetradic

#979B2E #2E9B69 #322E9B #9B2E61

square

#979B2E #2E9B69 #322E9B #9B2E61

split-complementary

#979B2E #2E619B #692E9B

monochromatic

#3B3D12 #696C20 #979B2E #C1C640 #D1D46F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#979B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#979B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979B2E

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979B2E	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)

#A7941C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 155, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.129 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b86e',
    500: '#979b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979b2e;
$custom-light: #b9b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.202,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66582,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979B2E

secondary

#6C69BC

accent

#4ADE50

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979B2E

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

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