#979F2E#979F2E

#979F2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.133 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979F2E
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 71.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -17.34, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 57.51, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.053 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.133 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6545, 31.5734, 7.3271)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979F2E #362E9F

analogous

#9F6F2E #979F2E #5E9F2E

triadic

#979F2E #2E979F #9F2E97

tetradic

#979F2E #2E9F6F #362E9F #9F2E5E

square

#979F2E #2E9F6F #362E9F #9F2E5E

split-complementary

#979F2E #2E5E9F #6F2E9F

monochromatic

#3D4013 #6A7020 #979F2E #BFC842 #CFD671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#979F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#979F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979F2E

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979F2E	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)

#AB971B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.133 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bb6e',
    500: '#979f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979f2e;
$custom-light: #b9bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.248,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67498,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979F2E

secondary

#716BBE

accent

#49DE54

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979F2E

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

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