#979D63#979D63

#979D63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.079 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979D63
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 99)
HSL	hsl(66, 23%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 37%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 36.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -11.57, 29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 31.82, 111.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0315 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.079 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0718, 31.5944, 16.4742)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979D63 #69639D

analogous

#9D8663 #979D63 #7A9D63

triadic

#979D63 #63979D #9D6397

tetradic

#979D63 #639D86 #69639D #9D637A

square

#979D63 #639D86 #69639D #9D637A

split-complementary

#979D63 #637A9D #86639D

monochromatic

#4F5234 #73784B #979D63 #B0B589 #C9CCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#979D63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#979D63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979D63

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979D63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979D63	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5985F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979d63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.079 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b990',
    500: '#979d63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979d63;
$custom-light: #b6b990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979d63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.207,
    "s": 22.835,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67702,
    "c": 0.07939,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979D63

secondary

#A4A1BB

accent

#68BF71

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110C

muted

#80807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #979D63

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

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