#979965#979965

#979965 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.072 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979965
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 101)
HSL	hsl(62, 20%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 34%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 34%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -9.18, 27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 28.66, 108.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0245 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.072 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5029, 30.3018, 16.7621)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979965 #676599

analogous

#998165 #979965 #7D9965

triadic

#979965 #659799 #996597

tetradic

#979965 #659981 #676599 #99657D

square

#979965 #659981 #676599 #99657D

split-complementary

#979965 #657D99 #816599

monochromatic

#4E4F34 #73744D #979965 #B0B28A #C9CAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#979965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#979965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979965

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979965	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19561

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.072 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b791',
    500: '#979965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979965;
$custom-light: #b6b791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 20.472,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66844,
    "c": 0.07151,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979965

secondary

#A2A1B9

accent

#6BBD6E

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110D

muted

#80807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #979965

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

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