#979B68#979B68

#979B68 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.070 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979B68
RGB	rgb(151, 155, 104)
HSL	hsl(65, 20%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 33%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 32.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -9.86, 26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 28.11, 110.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0263 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.07 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9826, 31.0218, 17.6604)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979B68 #6C689B

analogous

#9B8568 #979B68 #7D9B68

triadic

#979B68 #68979B #9B6897

tetradic

#979B68 #689B85 #6C689B #9B687D

square

#979B68 #689B85 #6C689B #9B687D

split-complementary

#979B68 #687D9B #85689B

monochromatic

#505236 #74774F #979B68 #B0B38D #CACCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#979B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#979B68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979B68

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979B68	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39664

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3986A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 155, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.070 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b893',
    500: '#979b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979b68;
$custom-light: #b6b893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.706,
    "s": 20.319,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67347,
    "c": 0.07043,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979B68

secondary

#A6A4BB

accent

#6BBD71

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F1

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #979B68

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

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