#978737#978737

#978737 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.102 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978737
RGB	rgb(151, 135, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 63.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -3.98, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 44.22, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0142 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.102 98)
XYZ	xyz(22.1170, 24.1841, 7.1167)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978737 #374797

analogous

#975737 #978737 #779737

triadic

#978737 #379787 #873797

tetradic

#978737 #379757 #374797 #973777

square

#978737 #379757 #374797 #973777

split-complementary

#978737 #377797 #573797

monochromatic

#3D3716 #6A5F27 #978737 #BEAB4D #CFC07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#978737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#978737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978737

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978737	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 135, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.102 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a971',
    500: '#978737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978737;
$custom-light: #b8a971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62169,
    "c": 0.1018,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.24183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978737

secondary

#727EB8

accent

#68D652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978737

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

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