#979C4F#979C4F

#979C4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.101 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979C4F
RGB	rgb(151, 156, 79)
HSL	hsl(64, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 49.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, -13.27, 39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 41.55, 108.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.038 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.101 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0627, 30.9212, 11.9911)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979C4F #544F9C

analogous

#9C7A4F #979C4F #709C4F

triadic

#979C4F #4F979C #9C4F97

tetradic

#979C4F #4F9C7A #544F9C #9C4F70

square

#979C4F #4F9C7A #544F9C #9C4F70

split-complementary

#979C4F #4F709C #7A4F9C

monochromatic

#484B26 #70733A #979C4F #B3B771 #C8CC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#979C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#979C4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979C4F

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979C4F	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)

#A69648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 156, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.101 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b982',
    500: '#979c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979c4f;
$custom-light: #b7b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.896,
    "s": 32.766,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6716,
    "c": 0.10094,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979C4F

secondary

#918EB8

accent

#5FC966

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#11110A

muted

#80807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #979C4F

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

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