#979D6D#979D6D

#979D6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.067 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979D6D
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 109)
HSL	hsl(68, 20%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 31%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 30.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -10.25, 24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 26.52, 112.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0272 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.067 114)
XYZ	xyz(27.5798, 31.7976, 19.1497)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979D6D #736D9D

analogous

#9D8B6D #979D6D #7F9D6D

triadic

#979D6D #6D979D #9D6D97

tetradic

#979D6D #6D9D8B #736D9D #9D6D7F

square

#979D6D #6D9D8B #736D9D #9D6D7F

split-complementary

#979D6D #6D7F9D #8B6D9D

monochromatic

#52563A #767B52 #979D6D #B1B692 #CBCEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#979D6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#979D6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979D6D

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979D6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979D6D	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4986A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4996F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979d6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.067 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b997',
    500: '#979d6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979d6d;
$custom-light: #b6b997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979d6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 19.672,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67892,
    "c": 0.06688,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.31797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979D6D

secondary

#ABA8BD

accent

#6CBC76

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110D

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #979D6D

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

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