#979C2D#979C2D

#979C2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.130 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979C2D
RGB	rgb(151, 156, 45)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 71.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -15.84, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 56.63, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0489 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.13 112)
XYZ	xyz(25.1254, 30.5463, 7.0546)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979C2D #322D9C

analogous

#9C6A2D #979C2D #609C2D

triadic

#979C2D #2D979C #9C2D97

tetradic

#979C2D #2D9C6A #322D9C #9C2D60

square

#979C2D #2D9C6A #322D9C #9C2D60

split-complementary

#979C2D #2D609C #6A2D9C

monochromatic

#3B3D12 #696D1F #979C2D #C1C83F #D1D56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#979C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#979C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979C2D

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979C2D	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)

#A8951A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 156, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.130 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b96e',
    500: '#979c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979c2d;
$custom-light: #b9b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.703,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66803,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.30546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979C2D

secondary

#6C68BC

accent

#49DF50

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979C2D

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

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