#979972#979972

#979972 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.055 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979972
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(63, 16%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 25%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 25.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, -7.39, 20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 21.63, 109.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0189 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.055 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1909, 30.5770, 20.3859)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979972 #747299

analogous

#998872 #979972 #849972

triadic

#979972 #729799 #997297

tetradic

#979972 #729988 #747299 #997284

square

#979972 #729988 #747299 #997284

split-complementary

#979972 #728499 #887299

monochromatic

#53543D #767756 #979972 #B1B396 #CBCCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#979972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#979972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979972

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979972	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F956F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.055 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b79a',
    500: '#979972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979972;
$custom-light: #b6b79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67107,
    "c": 0.0547,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979972

secondary

#ACABBC

accent

#6FB973

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #979972

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

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