#979D70#979D70

#979D70 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.063 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979D70
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 112)
HSL	hsl(68, 19%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 29%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 28.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, -9.83, 22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 24.91, 113.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% -0.0259 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.063 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7440, 31.8633, 20.0148)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979D70 #76709D

analogous

#9D8C70 #979D70 #809D70

triadic

#979D70 #70979D #9D7097

tetradic

#979D70 #709D8C #76709D #9D7080

square

#979D70 #709D8C #76709D #9D7080

split-complementary

#979D70 #70809D #8C709D

monochromatic

#53573C #767B54 #979D70 #B1B694 #CCCFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#979D70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#979D70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979D70

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979D70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979D70	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4996D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979d70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.063 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b999',
    500: '#979d70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979d70;
$custom-light: #b6b999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979d70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 18.672,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67953,
    "c": 0.06301,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979D70

secondary

#ADABBE

accent

#6CBB77

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #979D70

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

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