#979A69#979A69

#979A69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.068 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979A69
RGB	rgb(151, 154, 105)
HSL	hsl(64, 20%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 32%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 31.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, -9.19, 25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 27.04, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.0243 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.068 111)
XYZ	xyz(26.8680, 30.7108, 17.8742)
Luminance	0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979A69 #6C699A

analogous

#9A8469 #979A69 #7E9A69

triadic

#979A69 #69979A #9A6997

tetradic

#979A69 #699A84 #6C699A #9A697E

square

#979A69 #699A84 #6C699A #9A697E

split-complementary

#979A69 #697E9A #84699A

monochromatic

#505237 #747650 #979A69 #B0B38E #CACBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#979A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#979A69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979A69

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979A69	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19666

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2976B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 154, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.068 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b794',
    500: '#979a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979a69;
$custom-light: #b6b794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.673,
    "s": 19.522,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67143,
    "c": 0.0678,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.3071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979A69

secondary

#A6A5BA

accent

#6CBC71

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #979A69

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

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