#979878#979878

#979878 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.045 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979878
RGB	rgb(151, 152, 120)
HSL	hsl(62, 13%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 21%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 21.1%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, -5.95, 16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 17.80, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.0148 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.045 109)
XYZ	xyz(27.3807, 30.3921, 22.1895)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979878 #797898

analogous

#988978 #979878 #879878

triadic

#979878 #789798 #987897

tetradic

#979878 #789889 #797898 #987887

square

#979878 #789889 #797898 #987887

split-complementary

#979878 #788798 #897898

monochromatic

#545541 #77785B #979878 #B2B29B #CCCDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#979878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#979878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979878

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979878	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 152, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.045 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b69f',
    500: '#979878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979878;
$custom-light: #b6b69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 13.445,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67022,
    "c": 0.04524,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.30392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979878

secondary

#AFAFBD

accent

#72B674

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #979878

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

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