#978A2E#978A2E

#978A2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.112 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A2E
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 69.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, -6.20, 48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 49.26, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.0216 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.112 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3451, 24.9545, 6.2239)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A2E #2E3B97

analogous

#97552E #978A2E #6F972E

triadic

#978A2E #2E978A #8A2E97

tetradic

#978A2E #2E9755 #2E3B97 #972E6F

square

#978A2E #2E9755 #2E3B97 #972E6F

split-complementary

#978A2E #2E6F97 #552E97

monochromatic

#393411 #685F20 #978A2E #C4B43E #D2C66D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#978A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#978A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A2E

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A2E	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)

#978621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.112 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab6c',
    500: '#978a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a2e;
$custom-light: #b9ab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.571,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62747,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A2E

secondary

#6771BA

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A2E

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