#979E2A#979E2A

#979E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.135 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979E2A
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 73.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, -17.03, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 58.55, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0525 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.135 113)
XYZ	xyz(25.4081, 31.2008, 6.8739)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E2A #312A9E

analogous

#9E6B2A #979E2A #5D9E2A

triadic

#979E2A #2A979E #9E2A97

tetradic

#979E2A #2A9E6B #312A9E #9E2A5D

square

#979E2A #2A9E6B #312A9E #9E2A5D

split-complementary

#979E2A #2A5D9E #6B2A9E

monochromatic

#3B3D10 #696E1D #979E2A #C2CB3A #D1D86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#979E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#979E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E2A

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E2A	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9613

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.135 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ba6c',
    500: '#979e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e2a;
$custom-light: #b9ba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.621,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6724,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E2A

secondary

#6B66BE

accent

#47E150

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E2A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →