#978A35#978A35

#978A35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.106 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A35
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 64.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -5.76, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 46.22, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.0195 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.106 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4945, 25.0143, 7.0108)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A35 #354297

analogous

#975935 #978A35 #739735

triadic

#978A35 #35978A #8A3597

tetradic

#978A35 #359759 #354297 #973573

square

#978A35 #359759 #354297 #973573

split-complementary

#978A35 #357397 #593597

monochromatic

#3C3715 #6A6125 #978A35 #BFB04A #CFC477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#978A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#978A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A35

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A35	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)

#97862B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.106 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ab70',
    500: '#978a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a35;
$custom-light: #b8ab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.041,
    "s": 48.039,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62811,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A35

secondary

#7079B8

accent

#62D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A35

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

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