#979D2A#979D2A

#979D2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.133 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979D2A
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 73.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, -16.52, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 58.13, 106.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% -0.051 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.133 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2382, 30.8610, 6.8173)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979D2A #302A9D

analogous

#9D6A2A #979D2A #5E9D2A

triadic

#979D2A #2A979D #9D2A97

tetradic

#979D2A #2A9D6A #302A9D #9D2A5E

square

#979D2A #2A9D6A #302A9D #9D2A5E

split-complementary

#979D2A #2A5E9D #6A2A9D

monochromatic

#3A3C10 #696D1D #979D2A #C3CA3A #D2D76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#979D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#979D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979D2A

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979D2A	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.133 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b96c',
    500: '#979d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979d2a;
$custom-light: #b9b96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.13,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67011,
    "c": 0.13349,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979D2A

secondary

#6A65BE

accent

#47E14F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979D2A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →