#978A42#978A42

#978A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.094 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A42
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 56.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, -4.78, 39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 40.04, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0151 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.094 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8351, 25.1505, 8.8049)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A42 #424F97

analogous

#976042 #978A42 #799742

triadic

#978A42 #42978A #8A4297

tetradic

#978A42 #429760 #424F97 #974279

square

#978A42 #429760 #424F97 #974279

split-complementary

#978A42 #427997 #604297

monochromatic

#423C1D #6C632F #978A42 #B8AB5E #CBC188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#978A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#978A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A42

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A42	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96873B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.094 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ab79',
    500: '#978a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a42;
$custom-light: #b8ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.824,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62959,
    "c": 0.09428,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A42

secondary

#7F87B6

accent

#6BCF59

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A42

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

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