#979C59#979C59

#979C59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.090 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979C59
RGB	rgb(151, 156, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 42.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, -12.22, 34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 36.50, 109.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0341 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.09 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4545, 31.0779, 14.0543)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979C59 #5E599C

analogous

#9C7F59 #979C59 #759C59

triadic

#979C59 #59979C #9C5997

tetradic

#979C59 #599C7F #5E599C #9C5975

square

#979C59 #599C7F #5E599C #9C5975

split-complementary

#979C59 #59759C #7F599C

monochromatic

#4C4E2D #717543 #979C59 #B1B57D #C8CBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#979C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#979C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979C59

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979C59	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5985C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 156, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.090 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b989',
    500: '#979c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979c59;
$custom-light: #b7b989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.478,
    "s": 27.347,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67308,
    "c": 0.0899,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979C59

secondary

#9A98B9

accent

#64C46B

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110B

muted

#80807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #979C59

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

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