#979F2B#979F2B

#979F2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.135 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979F2B
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 43)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 73%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, -17.50, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 58.61, 107.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0537 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.135 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5974, 31.5505, 7.0265)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979F2B #332B9F

analogous

#9F6D2B #979F2B #5D9F2B

triadic

#979F2B #2B979F #9F2B97

tetradic

#979F2B #2B9F6D #332B9F #9F2B5D

square

#979F2B #2B9F6D #332B9F #9F2B5D

split-complementary

#979F2B #2B5D9F #6D2B9F

monochromatic

#3C3F11 #696F1E #979F2B #C1CA3D #D0D76D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#979F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#979F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979F2B

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979F2B	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)

#AB9715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.135 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bb6d',
    500: '#979f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979f2b;
$custom-light: #b9bb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 57.426,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67477,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979F2B

secondary

#6D67BE

accent

#47E152

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979F2B

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

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