#97996A#97996A

#97996A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.065 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97996A
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 106)
HSL	hsl(63, 19%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 31%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 30.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -8.52, 24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 25.97, 109.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% -0.0224 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.065 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7553, 30.4028, 18.0917)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97996A #6C6A99

analogous

#99836A #97996A #7F996A

triadic

#97996A #6A9799 #996A97

tetradic

#97996A #6A9983 #6C6A99 #996A7F

square

#97996A #6A9983 #6C6A99 #996A7F

split-complementary

#97996A #6A7F99 #836A99

monochromatic

#505138 #747550 #97996A #B0B28E #CACBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#97996A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#97996A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97996A

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97996A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97996A	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)

#A09567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1976C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97996a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.065 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b795',
    500: '#97996a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97996a;
$custom-light: #b6b795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97996a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.553,
    "s": 18.725,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66941,
    "c": 0.06516,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97996A

secondary

#A6A5BA

accent

#6CBB70

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #97996A

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

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