#978538#978538

#978538 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.099 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978538
RGB	rgb(151, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 62.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -2.80, 42.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 43.06, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% -0.0107 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.099 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.8648, 23.6409, 7.1521)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978538 #384A97

analogous

#975638 #978538 #799738

triadic

#978538 #389785 #853897

tetradic

#978538 #389756 #384A97 #973879

square

#978538 #389756 #384A97 #973879

split-complementary

#978538 #387997 #563897

monochromatic

#3E3617 #6A5E27 #978538 #BEA94F #CEBE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#978538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#978538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978538

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978538	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)

#928230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.099 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a872',
    500: '#978538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978538;
$custom-light: #b8a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.632,
    "s": 45.894,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61741,
    "c": 0.09925,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978538

secondary

#7380B7

accent

#6BD652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978538

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

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