#978239#978239

#978239 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.096 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978239
RGB	rgb(151, 130, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 62.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, -1.06, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 41.59, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% -0.0055 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.096 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4846, 22.8411, 7.1472)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978239 #394E97

analogous

#975339 #978239 #7D9739

triadic

#978239 #399782 #823997

tetradic

#978239 #399753 #394E97 #97397D

square

#978239 #399753 #394E97 #97397D

split-complementary

#978239 #397D97 #533997

monochromatic

#3E3517 #6B5C28 #978239 #BDA550 #CEBC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#978239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#978239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978239

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978239	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)

#8F8031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 130, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.096 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a672',
    500: '#978239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978239;
$custom-light: #b8a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.596,
    "s": 45.192,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61097,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978239

secondary

#7584B7

accent

#70D553

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978239

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

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