#979C6C#979C6C

#979C6C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.067 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979C6C
RGB	rgb(151, 156, 108)
HSL	hsl(66, 20%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 31%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 30.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -9.86, 24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 26.50, 111.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.0261 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.067 113)
XYZ	xyz(27.3578, 31.4392, 18.8116)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979C6C #716C9C

analogous

#9C896C #979C6C #7F9C6C

triadic

#979C6C #6C979C #9C6C97

tetradic

#979C6C #6C9C89 #716C9C #9C6C7F

square

#979C6C #6C9C89 #716C9C #9C6C7F

split-complementary

#979C6C #6C7F9C #896C9C

monochromatic

#525539 #757952 #979C6C #B1B591 #CBCDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#979C6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#979C6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979C6C

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979C6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979C6C	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39769

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3996E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979c6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 156, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.067 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b996',
    500: '#979c6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979c6c;
$custom-light: #b6b996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979c6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.25,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67648,
    "c": 0.06674,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.31439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979C6C

secondary

#AAA7BC

accent

#6CBC74

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #979C6C

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

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