#979E2C#979E2C

#979E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.133 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979E2C
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 72.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -16.93, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 57.83, 107.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.052 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.133 113)
XYZ	xyz(25.4448, 31.2154, 7.0672)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E2C #332C9E

analogous

#9E6C2C #979E2C #5E9E2C

triadic

#979E2C #2C979E #9E2C97

tetradic

#979E2C #2C9E6C #332C9E #9E2C5E

square

#979E2C #2C9E6C #332C9E #9E2C5E

split-complementary

#979E2C #2C5E9E #6C2C9E

monochromatic

#3C3E11 #696E1F #979E2C #C1C93E #D0D76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#979E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#979E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E2C

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E2C	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)

#AA9617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.133 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ba6d',
    500: '#979e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e2c;
$custom-light: #b9ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.684,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67254,
    "c": 0.13332,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.31215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E2C

secondary

#6D68BE

accent

#48E051

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E2C

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

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