#978237#978237

#978237 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.098 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978237
RGB	rgb(151, 130, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 63.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, -1.20, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 42.54, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.0062 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.098 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4357, 22.8215, 6.8896)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978237 #374C97

analogous

#975237 #978237 #7C9737

triadic

#978237 #379782 #823797

tetradic

#978237 #379752 #374C97 #97377C

square

#978237 #379752 #374C97 #97377C

split-complementary

#978237 #377C97 #523797

monochromatic

#3D3516 #6A5B27 #978237 #BEA54D #CFBC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#978237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#978237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978237

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978237	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	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)

#8F802F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 130, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.098 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a671',
    500: '#978237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978237;
$custom-light: #b8a671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61074,
    "c": 0.09778,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978237

secondary

#7281B8

accent

#6FD652

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978237

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