#97997B#97997B

#97997B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.043 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97997B
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(64, 13%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 20%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 19.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -6.02, 15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 16.69, 111.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.015 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.043 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7286, 30.7921, 23.2178)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97997B #7D7B99

analogous

#998C7B #97997B #88997B

triadic

#97997B #7B9799 #997B97

tetradic

#97997B #7B998C #7D7B99 #997B88

square

#97997B #7B998C #7D7B99 #997B88

split-complementary

#97997B #7B8899 #8C7B99

monochromatic

#555743 #77795E #97997B #B2B49E #CDCEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#97997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#97997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97997B

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97997B	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E977C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.043 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7a1',
    500: '#97997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97997b;
$custom-light: #b5b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 12.821,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67312,
    "c": 0.04255,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97997B

secondary

#B2B2BE

accent

#72B677

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110F

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #97997B

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

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