#979B4E#979B4E

#979B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.101 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979B4E
RGB	rgb(151, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(63, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 49.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, -12.84, 39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 41.56, 108.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0369 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.101 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8595, 30.5726, 11.7451)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979B4E #524E9B

analogous

#9B784E #979B4E #709B4E

triadic

#979B4E #4E979B #9B4E97

tetradic

#979B4E #4E9B78 #524E9B #9B4E70

square

#979B4E #4E9B78 #524E9B #9B4E70

split-complementary

#979B4E #4E709B #784E9B

monochromatic

#484A25 #6F723A #979B4E #B3B76F #C9CB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#979B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#979B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979B4E

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979B4E	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.101 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b881',
    500: '#979b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979b4e;
$custom-light: #b7b881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.117,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6692,
    "c": 0.10074,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979B4E

secondary

#8F8DB8

accent

#5FC964

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#11110A

muted

#80807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #979B4E

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

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