#979E4E#979E4E

#979E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.104 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979E4E
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(65, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 50.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -14.42, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 43.03, 109.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.0414 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.105 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3650, 31.5835, 11.9136)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E4E #554E9E

analogous

#9E7D4E #979E4E #6F9E4E

triadic

#979E4E #4E979E #9E4E97

tetradic

#979E4E #4E9E7D #554E9E #9E4E6F

square

#979E4E #4E9E7D #554E9E #9E4E6F

split-complementary

#979E4E #4E6F9E #7D4E9E

monochromatic

#494C26 #70753A #979E4E #B2B971 #C8CD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#979E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#979E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E4E

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E4E	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.104 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ba82',
    500: '#979e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e4e;
$custom-light: #b7ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.25,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.676,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E4E

secondary

#928EBA

accent

#5ECA67

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#11110A

muted

#80807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E4E

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

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