#979F2D#979F2D

#979F2D 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	#979F2D
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 45)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 71.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -17.39, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 57.88, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0532 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.134 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6350, 31.5656, 7.2245)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979F2D #352D9F

analogous

#9F6E2D #979F2D #5E9F2D

triadic

#979F2D #2D979F #9F2D97

tetradic

#979F2D #2D9F6E #352D9F #9F2D5E

square

#979F2D #2D9F6E #352D9F #9F2D5E

split-complementary

#979F2D #2D5E9F #6E2D9F

monochromatic

#3C4012 #6A6F20 #979F2D #BFC940 #CFD670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#979F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#979F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979F2D

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979F2D	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)

#AB9719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.134 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bb6e',
    500: '#979f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979f2d;
$custom-light: #b9bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.211,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67491,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979F2D

secondary

#706ABE

accent

#49DF53

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979F2D

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

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