#978A31#978A31

#978A31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.109 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A31
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 67.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, -6.02, 47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 47.99, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0207 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.109 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4063, 24.9790, 6.5463)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A31 #313E97

analogous

#975731 #978A31 #719731

triadic

#978A31 #31978A #8A3197

tetradic

#978A31 #319757 #313E97 #973171

square

#978A31 #319757 #313E97 #973171

split-complementary

#978A31 #317197 #573197

monochromatic

#3B3613 #696022 #978A31 #C2B243 #D1C571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#978A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#978A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A31

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A31	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.109 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab6e',
    500: '#978a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a31;
$custom-light: #b9ab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.353,
    "s": 51,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62773,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A31

secondary

#6B75B9

accent

#5FDA4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A31

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

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