#979C2B#979C2B

#979C2B 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 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979C2B
RGB	rgb(151, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 72.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -15.95, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 57.36, 106.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.0494 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.132 112)
XYZ	xyz(25.0878, 30.5313, 6.8566)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979C2B #302B9C

analogous

#9C692B #979C2B #5F9C2B

triadic

#979C2B #2B979C #9C2B97

tetradic

#979C2B #2B9C69 #302B9C #9C2B5F

square

#979C2B #2B9C69 #302B9C #9C2B5F

split-complementary

#979C2B #2B5F9C #692B9C

monochromatic

#3A3C11 #696C1E #979C2B #C3C93B #D2D66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#979C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#979C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979C2B

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979C2B	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	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)

#A89516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.132 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b96d',
    500: '#979c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979c2b;
$custom-light: #b9b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.655,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66789,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.30531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979C2B

secondary

#6A66BD

accent

#48E04E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979C2B

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

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