#978837#978837

#978837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.103 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978837
RGB	rgb(151, 136, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 63.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, -4.53, 44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 44.58, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0158 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.103 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2572, 24.4644, 7.1634)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978837 #374697

analogous

#975837 #978837 #769737

triadic

#978837 #379788 #883797

tetradic

#978837 #379758 #374697 #973776

square

#978837 #379758 #374697 #973776

split-complementary

#978837 #377697 #583797

monochromatic

#3D3716 #6A6027 #978837 #BEAC4D #CFC17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#978837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#978837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978837

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978837	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	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)

#95852E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 136, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.103 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8aa71',
    500: '#978837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978837;
$custom-light: #b8aa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6239,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978837

secondary

#727DB8

accent

#66D652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978837

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

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