#979F2C#979F2C

#979F2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.134 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979F2C
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 44)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 72.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -17.44, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 58.25, 107.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0534 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.134 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6160, 31.5580, 7.1243)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979F2C #342C9F

analogous

#9F6E2C #979F2C #5E9F2C

triadic

#979F2C #2C979F #9F2C97

tetradic

#979F2C #2C9F6E #342C9F #9F2C5E

square

#979F2C #2C9F6E #342C9F #9F2C5E

split-complementary

#979F2C #2C5E9F #6E2C9F

monochromatic

#3C3F11 #696F1F #979F2C #C0CA3E #D0D76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#979F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#979F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979F2C

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979F2C	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)

#AB9717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.134 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bb6d',
    500: '#979f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979f2c;
$custom-light: #b9bb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.174,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67484,
    "c": 0.13443,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979F2C

secondary

#6F69BE

accent

#48E052

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979F2C

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

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