#978A2C#978A2C

#978A2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.113 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A2C
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 70.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.02, -6.31, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.02, 50.09, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0222 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.113 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3066, 24.9391, 6.0211)
Luminance	0.2494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A2C #2C3997

analogous

#97542C #978A2C #6E972C

triadic

#978A2C #2C978A #8A2C97

tetradic

#978A2C #2C9754 #2C3997 #972C6E

square

#978A2C #2C9754 #2C3997 #972C6E

split-complementary

#978A2C #2C6E97 #542C97

monochromatic

#383310 #685F1E #978A2C #C6B53A #D4C76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#978A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#978A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A2C

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A2C	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)

#97861E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.113 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab6b',
    500: '#978a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a2c;
$custom-light: #b9ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.71,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6273,
    "c": 0.11313,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A2C

secondary

#656FBA

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A2C

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