#978236#978236

#978236 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.099 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978236
RGB	rgb(151, 130, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 64.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -1.27, 42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 43.01, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.0065 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.099 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4120, 22.8120, 6.7646)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978236 #364B97

analogous

#975136 #978236 #7C9736

triadic

#978236 #369782 #823697

tetradic

#978236 #369751 #364B97 #97367C

square

#978236 #369751 #364B97 #97367C

split-complementary

#978236 #367C97 #513697

monochromatic

#3D3416 #6A5B26 #978236 #BFA64B #CFBC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#978236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#978236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978236

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978236	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F802E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 130, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.099 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a670',
    500: '#978236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978236;
$custom-light: #b8a670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.01,
    "s": 47.317,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61064,
    "c": 0.09865,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978236

secondary

#7180B8

accent

#6ED751

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978236

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