#978437#978437

#978437 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.099 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978437
RGB	rgb(151, 132, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 63.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, -2.32, 43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 43.19, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0094 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.099 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7043, 23.3587, 6.9791)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978437 #374A97

analogous

#975437 #978437 #7A9737

triadic

#978437 #379784 #843797

tetradic

#978437 #379754 #374A97 #97377A

square

#978437 #379754 #374A97 #97377A

split-complementary

#978437 #377A97 #543797

monochromatic

#3D3616 #6A5D27 #978437 #BEA84D #CFBE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#978437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#978437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978437

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978437	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91812F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96873B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 132, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.099 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a771',
    500: '#978437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978437;
$custom-light: #b8a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.125,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61511,
    "c": 0.09932,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978437

secondary

#7280B8

accent

#6CD652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978437

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

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