#979E2E#979E2E

#979E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.132 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979E2E
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -16.82, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 57.09, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0515 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.132 113)
XYZ	xyz(25.4833, 31.2308, 7.2700)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E2E #352E9E

analogous

#9E6D2E #979E2E #5F9E2E

triadic

#979E2E #2E979E #9E2E97

tetradic

#979E2E #2E9E6D #352E9E #9E2E5F

square

#979E2E #2E9E6D #352E9E #9E2E5F

split-complementary

#979E2E #2E5F9E #6D2E9E

monochromatic

#3C3F12 #6A6F20 #979E2E #BFC841 #CFD671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#979E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#979E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E2E

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E2E	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA961B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.132 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ba6e',
    500: '#979e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e2e;
$custom-light: #b9ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67269,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.3123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E2E

secondary

#706BBD

accent

#4ADE53

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E2E

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

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