#979C2A#979C2A

#979C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.132 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979C2A
RGB	rgb(151, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, -16.00, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 57.72, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% -0.0496 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.132 112)
XYZ	xyz(25.0697, 30.5240, 6.7612)
Luminance	0.3052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979C2A #2F2A9C

analogous

#9C682A #979C2A #5E9C2A

triadic

#979C2A #2A979C #9C2A97

tetradic

#979C2A #2A9C68 #2F2A9C #9C2A5E

square

#979C2A #2A9C68 #2F2A9C #9C2A5E

split-complementary

#979C2A #2A5E9C #682A9C

monochromatic

#3A3C10 #686C1D #979C2A #C3CA39 #D2D76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#979C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#979C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979C2A

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979C2A	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.132 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b96c',
    500: '#979c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979c2a;
$custom-light: #b9b96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.632,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66782,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.30523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979C2A

secondary

#6865BD

accent

#47E14E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979C2A

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

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