#979969#979969

#979969 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.066 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979969
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 105)
HSL	hsl(63, 19%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 31%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 31.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -8.65, 25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 26.51, 109.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0228 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.066 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7036, 30.3821, 17.8195)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979969 #6B6999

analogous

#998369 #979969 #7F9969

triadic

#979969 #699799 #996997

tetradic

#979969 #699983 #6B6999 #99697F

square

#979969 #699983 #6B6999 #99697F

split-complementary

#979969 #697F99 #836999

monochromatic

#505137 #747550 #979969 #B0B28D #CACBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#979969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#979969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979969

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979969	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)

#A09566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1976B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.066 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b794',
    500: '#979969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979969;
$custom-light: #b6b794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66921,
    "c": 0.06645,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979969

secondary

#A5A4BA

accent

#6CBC6F

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #979969

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

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