#979C8A#979C8A

#979C8A is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.026 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979C8A
RGB	rgb(151, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(77, 8%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(77, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -5.15, 8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 10.21, 120.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0131 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.026 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2378, 32.1913, 28.7131)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979C8A #8F8A9C

analogous

#9C988A #979C8A #8E9C8A

triadic

#979C8A #8A979C #9C8A97

tetradic

#979C8A #8A9C98 #8F8A9C #9C8A8E

square

#979C8A #8A9C98 #8F8A9C #9C8A8E

split-complementary

#979C8A #8A8E9C #988A9C

monochromatic

#595D4F #797E6B #979C8A #B4B8AB #D2D4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#979C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#979C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979C8A

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979C8A	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.026 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5b9ac',
    500: '#979c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979c8a;
$custom-light: #b5b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.667,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68348,
    "c": 0.02638,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979C8A

secondary

#BFBDC5

accent

#76B187

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F4

border

#D0D0CE

text

#111110

muted

#80807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #979C8A

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

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