#979D2B#979D2B

#979D2B 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	#979D2B
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 72.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -16.46, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 57.78, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.0508 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.133 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2563, 30.8683, 6.9128)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979D2B #312B9D

analogous

#9D6A2B #979D2B #5E9D2B

triadic

#979D2B #2B979D #9D2B97

tetradic

#979D2B #2B9D6A #312B9D #9D2B5E

square

#979D2B #2B9D6A #312B9D #9D2B5E

split-complementary

#979D2B #2B5E9D #6A2B9D

monochromatic

#3B3D11 #696D1E #979D2B #C2CA3C #D1D76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#979D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#979D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979D2B

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979D2B	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)

#A99616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.133 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b96d',
    500: '#979d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979d2b;
$custom-light: #b9b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67018,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979D2B

secondary

#6B66BD

accent

#48E050

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979D2B

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

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