#959979#959979

#959979 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.046 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959979
RGB	rgb(149, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(68, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 21%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, -7.12, 16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 17.86, 113.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0181 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.046 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2366, 30.5527, 22.5479)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959979 #7D7999

analogous

#998D79 #959979 #859979

triadic

#959979 #799599 #997995

tetradic

#959979 #79998D #7D7999 #997985

square

#959979 #79998D #7D7999 #997985

split-complementary

#959979 #798599 #8D7999

monochromatic

#545642 #75795C #959979 #B0B39C #CCCEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#959979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#959979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959979

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959979	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9677

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E977A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.046 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b79f',
    500: '#959979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959979;
$custom-light: #b4b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 13.559,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67097,
    "c": 0.04555,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959979

secondary

#B2B0BE

accent

#71B67A

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #959979

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

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