#978238#978238

#978238 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.097 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978238
RGB	rgb(151, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 62.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, -1.13, 42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 42.07, 91.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0059 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.097 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4599, 22.8312, 7.0171)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978238 #384D97

analogous

#975238 #978238 #7C9738

triadic

#978238 #389782 #823897

tetradic

#978238 #389752 #384D97 #97387C

square

#978238 #389752 #384D97 #97387C

split-complementary

#978238 #387C97 #523897

monochromatic

#3E3517 #6A5C27 #978238 #BEA54F #CEBC7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#978238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#978238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978238

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978238	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.097 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a672',
    500: '#978238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978238;
$custom-light: #b8a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.737,
    "s": 45.894,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61086,
    "c": 0.0969,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978238

secondary

#7382B7

accent

#6FD652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978238

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