#979E72#979E72

#979E72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.062 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979E72
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 114)
HSL	hsl(70, 18%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 28%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 27.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -10.08, 22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 24.40, 114.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0265 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.062 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0265, 32.2481, 20.6644)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E72 #79729E

analogous

#9E8F72 #979E72 #819E72

triadic

#979E72 #72979E #9E7297

tetradic

#979E72 #729E8F #79729E #9E7281

square

#979E72 #729E8F #79729E #9E7281

split-complementary

#979E72 #72819E #8F729E

monochromatic

#54593D #777D56 #979E72 #B2B796 #CCD0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#979E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#979E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E72

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E72	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.062 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ba9b',
    500: '#979e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e72;
$custom-light: #b6ba9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.545,
    "s": 18.487,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68217,
    "c": 0.06187,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E72

secondary

#AFACBF

accent

#6DBB79

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E72

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

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