#97997A#97997A

#97997A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.044 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97997A
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(64, 13%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 20%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 20.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -6.18, 16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 17.24, 111.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.0154 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.044 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6664, 30.7672, 22.8898)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97997A #7C7A99

analogous

#998C7A #97997A #88997A

triadic

#97997A #7A9799 #997A97

tetradic

#97997A #7A998C #7C7A99 #997A88

square

#97997A #7A998C #7C7A99 #997A88

split-complementary

#97997A #7A8899 #8C7A99

monochromatic

#555642 #77795D #97997A #B2B49D #CDCEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#97997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#97997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97997A

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97997A	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E977B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.044 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7a0',
    500: '#97997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97997a;
$custom-light: #b5b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 13.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67289,
    "c": 0.04392,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97997A

secondary

#B2B1BE

accent

#72B676

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #97997A

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

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