#978A2B#978A2B

#978A2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.114 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A2B
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 71.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, -6.36, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 50.50, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0224 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.114 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2880, 24.9317, 5.9233)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A2B #2B3897

analogous

#97542B #978A2B #6E972B

triadic

#978A2B #2B978A #8A2B97

tetradic

#978A2B #2B9754 #2B3897 #972B6E

square

#978A2B #2B9754 #2B3897 #972B6E

split-complementary

#978A2B #2B6E97 #542B97

monochromatic

#383310 #675E1D #978A2B #C7B539 #D4C768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#978A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#978A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A2B

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A2B	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97861D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.114 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab6b',
    500: '#978a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a2b;
$custom-light: #b9ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.778,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62722,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A2B

secondary

#636EBB

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A2B

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