#969978#969978

#969978 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.047 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969978
RGB	rgb(150, 153, 120)
HSL	hsl(65, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 22%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 21.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -6.88, 17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 18.37, 112.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0174 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.047 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3589, 30.6228, 22.2352)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969978 #7B7899

analogous

#998B78 #969978 #859978

triadic

#969978 #789699 #997896

tetradic

#969978 #78998B #7B7899 #997885

square

#969978 #78998B #7B7899 #997885

split-complementary

#969978 #788599 #8B7899

monochromatic

#545641 #76795B #969978 #B1B39B #CCCEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#969978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#969978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969978

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969978	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 153, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.047 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b79f',
    500: '#969978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969978;
$custom-light: #b5b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 13.924,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67158,
    "c": 0.04676,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969978

secondary

#B1AFBD

accent

#71B777

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #969978

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

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