#979F2A#979F2A

#979F2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.136 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979F2A
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 73.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -17.55, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 58.96, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0539 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.136 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5793, 31.5433, 6.9310)
Luminance	0.3154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979F2A #322A9F

analogous

#9F6D2A #979F2A #5C9F2A

triadic

#979F2A #2A979F #9F2A97

tetradic

#979F2A #2A9F6D #322A9F #9F2A5C

square

#979F2A #2A9F6D #322A9F #9F2A5C

split-complementary

#979F2A #2A5C9F #6D2A9F

monochromatic

#3B3E10 #696F1D #979F2A #C1CB3B #D1D86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#979F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#979F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979F2A

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979F2A	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.136 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bb6c',
    500: '#979f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979f2a;
$custom-light: #b9bb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.103,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6747,
    "c": 0.13567,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979F2A

secondary

#6C66BF

accent

#46E151

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979F2A

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

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