#97997E#97997E

#97997E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.038 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#97997E
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(64, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 18%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -5.54, 13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 15.04, 111.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0137 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.038 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9193, 30.8683, 24.2220)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#97997E #807E99

analogous

#998E7E #97997E #8A997E

triadic

#97997E #7E9799 #997E97

tetradic

#97997E #7E998E #807E99 #997E8A

square

#97997E #7E998E #807E99 #997E8A

split-complementary

#97997E #7E8A99 #8E7E99

monochromatic

#565745 #787A60 #97997E #B3B4A0 #CECFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#97997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#97997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #97997E

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##97997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##97997E	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)

#9E967C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E977F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #97997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.038 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7a3',
    500: '#97997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #97997e;
$custom-light: #b5b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#97997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67385,
    "c": 0.03842,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#97997E

secondary

#B5B4BF

accent

#73B578

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #97997E

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

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