#979C4E#979C4E

#979C4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.102 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979C4E
RGB	rgb(151, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(64, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 50%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -13.37, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 42.05, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0384 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.102 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0266, 30.9068, 11.8008)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979C4E #534E9C

analogous

#9C7A4E #979C4E #709C4E

triadic

#979C4E #4E979C #9C4E97

tetradic

#979C4E #4E9C7A #534E9C #9C4E70

square

#979C4E #4E9C7A #534E9C #9C4E70

split-complementary

#979C4E #4E709C #7A4E9C

monochromatic

#484A25 #70733A #979C4E #B3B770 #C9CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#979C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#979C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979C4E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979C4E	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.102 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b982',
    500: '#979c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979c4e;
$custom-light: #b7b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.846,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67146,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979C4E

secondary

#908DB8

accent

#5EC965

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#11110A

muted

#80807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #979C4E

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

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