#979B3A#979B3A

#979B3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.120 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979B3A
RGB	rgb(151, 155, 58)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 62.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, -14.52, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 50.92, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% -0.0438 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.12 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2483, 30.3281, 8.5260)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979B3A #3E3A9B

analogous

#9B6F3A #979B3A #679B3A

triadic

#979B3A #3A979B #9B3A97

tetradic

#979B3A #3A9B6F #3E3A9B #9B3A67

square

#979B3A #3A9B6F #3E3A9B #9B3A67

split-complementary

#979B3A #3A679B #6F3A9B

monochromatic

#404219 #6C6E29 #979B3A #BABF53 #CCCF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#979B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#979B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979B3A

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979B3A	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 155, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.120 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b875',
    500: '#979b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979b3a;
$custom-light: #b8b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.474,
    "s": 45.54,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66686,
    "c": 0.11966,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979B3A

secondary

#7A78B9

accent

#53D558

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979B3A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →