#979565#979565

#979565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.066 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979565
RGB	rgb(151, 149, 101)
HSL	hsl(58, 20%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 33.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -7.02, 25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 26.62, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0183 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.066 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8591, 29.0143, 16.5475)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979565 #656797

analogous

#977C65 #979565 #809765

triadic

#979565 #659795 #956597

tetradic

#979565 #65977C #656797 #976580

square

#979565 #65977C #656797 #976580

split-complementary

#979565 #658097 #7C6597

monochromatic

#4E4D34 #72714C #979565 #B0AF89 #C9C8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#979565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#979565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979565

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979565	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 149, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.066 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b491',
    500: '#979565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979565;
$custom-light: #b6b491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 19.841,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65955,
    "c": 0.06633,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979565

secondary

#A0A1B7

accent

#6FBC6B

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110D

muted

#80807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #979565

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

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