#979C2E#979C2E

#979C2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; 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	#979C2E
RGB	rgb(151, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, -15.79, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 56.25, 106.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0486 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.13 112)
XYZ	xyz(25.1449, 30.5541, 7.1572)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979C2E #332E9C

analogous

#9C6A2E #979C2E #609C2E

triadic

#979C2E #2E979C #9C2E97

tetradic

#979C2E #2E9C6A #332E9C #9C2E60

square

#979C2E #2E9C6A #332E9C #9C2E60

split-complementary

#979C2E #2E609C #6A2E9C

monochromatic

#3C3D12 #696D20 #979C2E #C1C740 #D0D570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#979C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#979C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979C2E

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979C2E	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)

#A8951C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.130 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b96e',
    500: '#979c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979c2e;
$custom-light: #b9b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6681,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.30554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979C2E

secondary

#6D6ABC

accent

#4ADE51

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979C2E

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

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