#978A3C#978A3C

#978A3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.100 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A3C
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 60.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, -5.26, 42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 42.96, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0173 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.1 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6674, 25.0834, 7.9217)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A3C #3C4997

analogous

#975D3C #978A3C #77973C

triadic

#978A3C #3C978A #8A3C97

tetradic

#978A3C #3C975D #3C4997 #973C77

square

#978A3C #3C975D #3C4997 #973C77

split-complementary

#978A3C #3C7797 #5D3C97

monochromatic

#3F3A19 #6B622B #978A3C #BBAD55 #CDC281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#978A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#978A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A3C

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A3C	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.100 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ab75',
    500: '#978a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a3c;
$custom-light: #b8ab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 43.128,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62886,
    "c": 0.10002,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A3C

secondary

#7881B7

accent

#67D355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A3C

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