#979970#979970

#979970 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.057 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979970
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 112)
HSL	hsl(63, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 27%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 26.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -7.68, 21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 22.72, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% -0.0198 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.057 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0783, 30.5320, 19.7929)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979970 #727099

analogous

#998770 #979970 #839970

triadic

#979970 #709799 #997097

tetradic

#979970 #709987 #727099 #997083

square

#979970 #709987 #727099 #997083

split-complementary

#979970 #708399 #877099

monochromatic

#52533B #757755 #979970 #B1B294 #CBCCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#979970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#979970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979970

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979970	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0956D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.057 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b799',
    500: '#979970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979970;
$custom-light: #b6b799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.927,
    "s": 16.735,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67064,
    "c": 0.05735,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979970

secondary

#AAA9BB

accent

#6EB972

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #979970

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

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