#979986#979986

#979986 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.027 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979986
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(66, 9%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 12%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 12.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -4.21, 9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 10.62, 113.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0102 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.027 112)
XYZ	xyz(28.4563, 31.0831, 27.0502)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979986 #888699

analogous

#999286 #979986 #8E9986

triadic

#979986 #869799 #998697

tetradic

#979986 #869992 #888699 #99868E

square

#979986 #869992 #888699 #99868E

split-complementary

#979986 #868E99 #928699

monochromatic

#58594B #787B67 #979986 #B4B5A7 #D0D1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#979986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#979986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979986

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979986	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.027 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b7a9',
    500: '#979986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979986;
$custom-light: #b5b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 8.52,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67588,
    "c": 0.02728,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.31083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979986

secondary

#BAB9C1

accent

#76B27D

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#11110F

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #979986

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

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