#979B2F#979B2F

#979B2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.128 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979B2F
RGB	rgb(151, 155, 47)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 69.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -15.21, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 55.45, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.0469 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.128 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9977, 30.2279, 7.2065)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979B2F #332F9B

analogous

#9B692F #979B2F #619B2F

triadic

#979B2F #2F979B #9B2F97

tetradic

#979B2F #2F9B69 #332F9B #9B2F61

square

#979B2F #2F9B69 #332F9B #9B2F61

split-complementary

#979B2F #2F619B #692F9B

monochromatic

#3C3D13 #696C21 #979B2F #C1C642 #D0D471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#979B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#979B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979B2F

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979B2F	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)

#A7941E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 155, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.128 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b86e',
    500: '#979b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979b2f;
$custom-light: #b9b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 53.465,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66589,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979B2F

secondary

#6D6ABB

accent

#4BDD50

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979B2F

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

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