#978A4E#978A4E

#978A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.082 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A4E
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 48.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -3.67, 33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 33.93, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0106 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.082 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2268, 25.3072, 10.8675)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A4E #4E5B97

analogous

#97654E #978A4E #80974E

triadic

#978A4E #4E978A #8A4E97

tetradic

#978A4E #4E9765 #4E5B97 #974E80

square

#978A4E #4E9765 #4E5B97 #974E80

split-complementary

#978A4E #4E8097 #654E97

monochromatic

#464024 #6F6539 #978A4E #B4A86E #C9C096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#978A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#978A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A4E

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A4E	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.082 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ac81',
    500: '#978a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a4e;
$custom-light: #b7ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63128,
    "c": 0.08165,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A4E

secondary

#8B93B6

accent

#72C860

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#11100A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A4E

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