#989979#989979

#989979 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.045 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989979
RGB	rgb(152, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 21%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -5.94, 16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 17.77, 109.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0147 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.045 109)
XYZ	xyz(27.7911, 30.8386, 22.5739)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989979 #7A7999

analogous

#998A79 #989979 #889979

triadic

#989979 #799899 #997998

tetradic

#989979 #79998A #7A7999 #997988

square

#989979 #79998A #7A7999 #997988

split-complementary

#989979 #798899 #8A7999

monochromatic

#555642 #78795C #989979 #B3B39C #CDCEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#989979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#989979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989979

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989979	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9677

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F977A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.045 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b79f',
    500: '#989979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989979;
$custom-light: #b6b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 13.559,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6735,
    "c": 0.04519,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.30838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989979

secondary

#B0B0BE

accent

#71B674

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#11110E

muted

#80807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #989979

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

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