#978A39#978A39

#978A39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.103 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A39
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 62.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -5.48, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 44.38, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0183 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.103 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5904, 25.0526, 7.5158)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A39 #394697

analogous

#975B39 #978A39 #759739

triadic

#978A39 #39978A #8A3997

tetradic

#978A39 #39975B #394697 #973975

square

#978A39 #39975B #394697 #973975

split-complementary

#978A39 #397597 #5B3997

monochromatic

#3E3917 #6B6128 #978A39 #BDAE50 #CEC37D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#978A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#978A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A39

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A39	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.103 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ab73',
    500: '#978a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a39;
$custom-light: #b8ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.702,
    "s": 45.192,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62853,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A39

secondary

#757EB7

accent

#65D553

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A39

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

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