#978A3F#978A3F

#978A3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.097 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A3F
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 58.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, -5.03, 41.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 41.52, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.0162 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.097 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7490, 25.1161, 8.3512)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A3F #3F4C97

analogous

#975E3F #978A3F #78973F

triadic

#978A3F #3F978A #8A3F97

tetradic

#978A3F #3F975E #3F4C97 #973F78

square

#978A3F #3F975E #3F4C97 #973F78

split-complementary

#978A3F #3F7897 #5E3F97

monochromatic

#413B1B #6C632D #978A3F #BAAC59 #CCC185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#978A3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#978A3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A3F

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A3F	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)

#968637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.097 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ab77',
    500: '#978a3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a3f;
$custom-light: #b8ab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.136,
    "s": 41.121,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62922,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A3F

secondary

#7C84B6

accent

#69D157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A3F

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