#979D2C#979D2C

#979D2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.132 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979D2C
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 72%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -16.41, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 57.41, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.0506 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.132 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2749, 30.8757, 7.0106)
Luminance	0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979D2C #322C9D

analogous

#9D6B2C #979D2C #5F9D2C

triadic

#979D2C #2C979D #9D2C97

tetradic

#979D2C #2C9D6B #322C9D #9D2C5F

square

#979D2C #2C9D6B #322C9D #9D2C5F

split-complementary

#979D2C #2C5F9D #6B2C9D

monochromatic

#3B3D11 #696D1F #979D2C #C1C93D #D1D66D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#979D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#979D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979D2C

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979D2C	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	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)

#A99618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.132 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b96d',
    500: '#979d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979d2c;
$custom-light: #b9b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.186,
    "s": 56.219,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67025,
    "c": 0.13222,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979D2C

secondary

#6C68BD

accent

#48E050

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979D2C

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

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