#979B63#979B63

#979B63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.077 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979B63
RGB	rgb(151, 155, 99)
HSL	hsl(64, 22%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 36%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 36.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, -10.51, 28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 30.76, 109.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0284 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.077 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7362, 30.9232, 16.3623)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979B63 #67639B

analogous

#9B8363 #979B63 #7B9B63

triadic

#979B63 #63979B #9B6397

tetradic

#979B63 #639B83 #67639B #9B637B

square

#979B63 #639B83 #67639B #9B637B

split-complementary

#979B63 #637B9B #83639B

monochromatic

#4E5033 #73764B #979B63 #B0B388 #C9CBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#979B63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#979B63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979B63

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979B63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979B63	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3965F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979b63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 155, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.077 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b890',
    500: '#979b63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979b63;
$custom-light: #b6b890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979b63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 22.047,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67253,
    "c": 0.07668,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979B63

secondary

#A2A0BA

accent

#69BF6F

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110C

muted

#80807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #979B63

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

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