#979962#979962

#979962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.075 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979962
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 98)
HSL	hsl(62, 22%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 36%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 35.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, -9.56, 28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 30.25, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.0258 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.075 110)
XYZ	xyz(26.3586, 30.2440, 16.0020)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979962 #646299

analogous

#998062 #979962 #7C9962

triadic

#979962 #629799 #996297

tetradic

#979962 #629980 #646299 #99627C

square

#979962 #629980 #646299 #99627C

split-complementary

#979962 #627C99 #806299

monochromatic

#4D4E32 #72744A #979962 #B0B286 #C9CAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#979962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#979962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979962

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979962	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1945E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.075 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b78f',
    500: '#979962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979962;
$custom-light: #b6b78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.182,
    "s": 21.912,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66788,
    "c": 0.07524,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.30244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979962

secondary

#A09FB8

accent

#69BE6C

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110C

muted

#80807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #979962

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

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