#97997D#97997D

#97997D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.040 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97997D
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(64, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 18%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -5.70, 14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 15.59, 111.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0141 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.04 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8551, 30.8427, 23.8839)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97997D #7F7D99

analogous

#998D7D #97997D #89997D

triadic

#97997D #7D9799 #997D97

tetradic

#97997D #7D998D #7F7D99 #997D89

square

#97997D #7D998D #7F7D99 #997D89

split-complementary

#97997D #7D8999 #8D7D99

monochromatic

#565744 #78795F #97997D #B2B49F #CECFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#97997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#97997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97997D

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97997D	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E967B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E977E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.040 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7a2',
    500: '#97997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97997d;
$custom-light: #b5b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 12.069,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6736,
    "c": 0.0398,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97997D

secondary

#B4B3BF

accent

#73B578

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #97997D

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

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