#979F4E#979F4E

#979F4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.106 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979F4E
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 78)
HSL	hsl(66, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 50.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -14.94, 40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 43.53, 110.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0428 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.106 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5362, 31.9261, 11.9707)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979F4E #564E9F

analogous

#9F7F4E #979F4E #6F9F4E

triadic

#979F4E #4E979F #9F4E97

tetradic

#979F4E #4E9F7F #564E9F #9F4E6F

square

#979F4E #4E9F7F #564E9F #9F4E6F

split-complementary

#979F4E #4E6F9F #7F4E9F

monochromatic

#494D26 #70763A #979F4E #B2B971 #C8CD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#979F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#979F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979F4E

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979F4E	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.106 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bb82',
    500: '#979f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979f4e;
$custom-light: #b7bb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.926,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67827,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979F4E

secondary

#938FBA

accent

#5ECA68

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6EF

border

#D0D0CA

text

#11110A

muted

#80807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #979F4E

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

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