#979E73#979E73

#979E73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.061 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979E73
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 115)
HSL	hsl(70, 18%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 27%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 27.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -9.93, 21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 23.86, 114.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0261 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.061 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0837, 32.2710, 20.9658)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E73 #7A739E

analogous

#9E8F73 #979E73 #819E73

triadic

#979E73 #73979E #9E7397

tetradic

#979E73 #739E8F #7A739E #9E7381

square

#979E73 #739E8F #7A739E #9E7381

split-complementary

#979E73 #73819E #8F739E

monochromatic

#55593E #777D57 #979E73 #B2B797 #CDD0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#979E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#979E73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E73

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E73	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)

#A49A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49A75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C9993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.061 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ba9b',
    500: '#979e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e73;
$custom-light: #b6ba9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.767,
    "s": 18.143,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68239,
    "c": 0.06056,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E73

secondary

#B0ADC0

accent

#6DBB7A

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E73

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

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