#979B60#979B60

#979B60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.080 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979B60
RGB	rgb(151, 155, 96)
HSL	hsl(64, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 38%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 38.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -10.88, 30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 32.35, 109.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0297 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.08 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5954, 30.8669, 15.6209)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979B60 #64609B

analogous

#9B8260 #979B60 #7A9B60

triadic

#979B60 #60979B #9B6097

tetradic

#979B60 #609B82 #64609B #9B607A

square

#979B60 #609B82 #64609B #9B607A

split-complementary

#979B60 #607A9B #82609B

monochromatic

#4D4F31 #727549 #979B60 #B0B385 #C9CBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#979B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#979B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979B60

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979B60	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3965C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 155, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.080 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b88e',
    500: '#979b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979b60;
$custom-light: #b6b88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 23.506,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.672,
    "c": 0.08033,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979B60

secondary

#A09EB9

accent

#68C06E

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110C

muted

#80807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #979B60

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

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