#978537#978537

#978537 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.100 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978537
RGB	rgb(151, 133, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 63.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -2.87, 43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 43.53, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.011 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.1 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8406, 23.6312, 7.0246)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978537 #374997

analogous

#975537 #978537 #799737

triadic

#978537 #379785 #853797

tetradic

#978537 #379755 #374997 #973779

square

#978537 #379755 #374997 #973779

split-complementary

#978537 #377997 #553797

monochromatic

#3D3616 #6A5D27 #978537 #BEA94D #CFBF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#978537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#978537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978537

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978537	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92822E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 133, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.100 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a871',
    500: '#978537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978537;
$custom-light: #b8a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6173,
    "c": 0.10013,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978537

secondary

#727FB8

accent

#6AD652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978537

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

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