#979D2E#979D2E

#979D2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.131 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979D2E
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 70.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, -16.31, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 56.67, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0501 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.131 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3134, 30.8911, 7.2134)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979D2E #342E9D

analogous

#9D6B2E #979D2E #609D2E

triadic

#979D2E #2E979D #9D2E97

tetradic

#979D2E #2E9D6B #342E9D #9D2E60

square

#979D2E #2E9D6B #342E9D #9D2E60

split-complementary

#979D2E #2E609D #6B2E9D

monochromatic

#3C3E12 #696E20 #979D2E #C0C741 #D0D570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#979D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#979D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979D2E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979D2E	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)

#A9961C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.131 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b96e',
    500: '#979d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979d2e;
$custom-light: #b9b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67039,
    "c": 0.13092,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979D2E

secondary

#6F6ABD

accent

#4ADE52

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979D2E

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

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