#978835#978835

#978835 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.104 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978835
RGB	rgb(151, 136, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 64.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, -4.67, 45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 45.49, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0164 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.104 99)
XYZ	xyz(22.2102, 24.4457, 6.9161)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978835 #354497

analogous

#975735 #978835 #759735

triadic

#978835 #359788 #883597

tetradic

#978835 #359757 #354497 #973575

square

#978835 #359757 #354497 #973575

split-complementary

#978835 #357597 #573597

monochromatic

#3C3615 #6A5F25 #978835 #BFAD4A #CFC277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#978835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#978835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978835

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978835	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95842B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 136, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.104 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8aa70',
    500: '#978835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978835;
$custom-light: #b8aa70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.816,
    "s": 48.039,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62369,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.24445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978835

secondary

#707BB8

accent

#65D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978835

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

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