#978242#978242

#978242 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.087 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978242
RGB	rgb(151, 130, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 39%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 56.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -0.34, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 37.17, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% -0.0023 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.087 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7294, 22.9390, 8.4363)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978242 #425797

analogous

#975742 #978242 #829742

triadic

#978242 #429782 #824297

tetradic

#978242 #429757 #425797 #974282

square

#978242 #429757 #425797 #974282

split-complementary

#978242 #428297 #574297

monochromatic

#42391D #6C5D2F #978242 #B8A25E #CBBB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#978242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#978242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978242

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978242	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 130, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.087 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a678',
    500: '#978242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978242;
$custom-light: #b8a678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.176,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61209,
    "c": 0.08747,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978242

secondary

#7F8CB6

accent

#76CF59

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978242

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

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