#979B79#979B79

#979B79 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.048 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979B79
RGB	rgb(151, 155, 121)
HSL	hsl(67, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 21.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -7.42, 17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 18.91, 113.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0189 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.048 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9348, 31.4027, 22.6752)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979B79 #7D799B

analogous

#9B8E79 #979B79 #869B79

triadic

#979B79 #79979B #9B7997

tetradic

#979B79 #799B8E #7D799B #9B7986

square

#979B79 #799B8E #7D799B #9B7986

split-complementary

#979B79 #79869B #8E799B

monochromatic

#555842 #777B5C #979B79 #B2B59C #CDCFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#979B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#979B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979B79

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979B79	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0987A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 155, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.048 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b89f',
    500: '#979b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979b79;
$custom-light: #b6b89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 14.53,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67706,
    "c": 0.04817,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979B79

secondary

#B2B1BF

accent

#70B779

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #979B79

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

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