#979A6A#979A6A

#979A6A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.067 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979A6A
RGB	rgb(151, 154, 106)
HSL	hsl(64, 19%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 31%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 31.2%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, -9.06, 24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 26.50, 109.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0239 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.067 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9197, 30.7315, 18.1465)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979A6A #6D6A9A

analogous

#9A856A #979A6A #7F9A6A

triadic

#979A6A #6A979A #9A6A97

tetradic

#979A6A #6A9A85 #6D6A9A #9A6A7F

square

#979A6A #6A9A85 #6D6A9A #9A6A7F

split-complementary

#979A6A #6A7F9A #856A9A

monochromatic

#505238 #747650 #979A6A #B0B38E #CACBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#979A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#979A6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979A6A

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979A6A	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19667

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2976C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 154, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.067 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b795',
    500: '#979a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979a6a;
$custom-light: #b6b795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 19.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67163,
    "c": 0.06653,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979A6A

secondary

#A7A5BB

accent

#6CBC71

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #979A6A

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

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