#979A63#979A63

#979A63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.075 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979A63
RGB	rgb(151, 154, 99)
HSL	hsl(63, 22%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 36%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 35.7%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, -9.97, 28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 30.24, 109.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.0269 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.075 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5704, 30.5918, 16.3070)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979A63 #66639A

analogous

#9A8263 #979A63 #7C9A63

triadic

#979A63 #63979A #9A6397

tetradic

#979A63 #639A82 #66639A #9A637C

square

#979A63 #639A82 #66639A #9A637C

split-complementary

#979A63 #637C9A #82639A

monochromatic

#4E4F33 #72754B #979A63 #B0B288 #C9CAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#979A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#979A63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979A63

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979A63	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2955F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 154, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.075 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b790',
    500: '#979a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979a63;
$custom-light: #b6b790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.273,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6703,
    "c": 0.07533,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979A63

secondary

#A1A0B9

accent

#6ABE6E

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110C

muted

#80807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #979A63

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

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