#979E2B#979E2B

#979E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.134 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979E2B
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 72.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, -16.98, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 58.19, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0522 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.134 113)
XYZ	xyz(25.4262, 31.2080, 6.9694)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E2B #322B9E

analogous

#9E6C2B #979E2B #5E9E2B

triadic

#979E2B #2B979E #9E2B97

tetradic

#979E2B #2B9E6C #322B9E #9E2B5E

square

#979E2B #2B9E6C #322B9E #9E2B5E

split-complementary

#979E2B #2B5E9E #6C2B9E

monochromatic

#3B3E11 #696E1E #979E2B #C1CA3C #D1D76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#979E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#979E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E2B

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E2B	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)

#AA9616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.134 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ba6d',
    500: '#979e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e2b;
$custom-light: #b9ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.652,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67247,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.31207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E2B

secondary

#6C67BE

accent

#47E051

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E2B

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

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