#979983#979983

#979983 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.031 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979983
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 131)
HSL	hsl(65, 10%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 14%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 14.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, -4.72, 11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 12.28, 112.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0115 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.031 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2500, 31.0006, 25.9638)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979983 #858399

analogous

#999083 #979983 #8C9983

triadic

#979983 #839799 #998397

tetradic

#979983 #839990 #858399 #99838C

square

#979983 #839990 #858399 #99838C

split-complementary

#979983 #838C99 #908399

monochromatic

#575949 #787A65 #979983 #B3B5A5 #CFD0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#979983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#979983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979983

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979983	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.031 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7a7',
    500: '#979983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979983;
$custom-light: #b5b7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 9.735,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6751,
    "c": 0.03148,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979983

secondary

#B8B7C0

accent

#75B37B

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #979983

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

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