#978A36#978A36

#978A36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.105 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A36
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 64.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, -5.69, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 45.76, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0192 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.105 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5177, 25.0236, 7.1332)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A36 #364397

analogous

#975A36 #978A36 #739736

triadic

#978A36 #36978A #8A3697

tetradic

#978A36 #36975A #364397 #973673

square

#978A36 #36975A #364397 #973673

split-complementary

#978A36 #367397 #5A3697

monochromatic

#3D3816 #6A6126 #978A36 #BFAF4B #CFC378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#978A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#978A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A36

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A36	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)

#96862C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.105 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ab71',
    500: '#978a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a36;
$custom-light: #b8ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.959,
    "s": 47.317,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62821,
    "c": 0.10533,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A36

secondary

#717BB8

accent

#63D751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A36

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

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