#978A2A#978A2A

#978A2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.115 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A2A
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 72.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, -6.42, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 50.90, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.0227 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.115 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2699, 24.9244, 5.8279)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A2A #2A3797

analogous

#97532A #978A2A #6D972A

triadic

#978A2A #2A978A #8A2A97

tetradic

#978A2A #2A9753 #2A3797 #972A6D

square

#978A2A #2A9753 #2A3797 #972A6D

split-complementary

#978A2A #2A6D97 #532A97

monochromatic

#37320F #675E1D #978A2A #C7B637 #D5C867

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#978A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#978A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A2A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A2A	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97861B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.115 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab6a',
    500: '#978a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a2a;
$custom-light: #b9ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62714,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A2A

secondary

#626DBB

accent

#5AE048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A2A

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