#978A5B#978A5B

#978A5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.067 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A5B
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 25%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 39.7%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, -2.23, 26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 27.04, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0052 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.067 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7398, 25.5124, 13.5694)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A5B #5B6897

analogous

#976C5B #978A5B #86975B

triadic

#978A5B #5B978A #8A5B97

tetradic

#978A5B #5B976C #5B6897 #975B86

square

#978A5B #5B976C #5B6897 #975B86

split-complementary

#978A5B #5B8697 #6C5B97

monochromatic

#4B442D #716744 #978A5B #B1A67E #C8C0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#978A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#978A5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A5B

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A5B	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.067 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ac8a',
    500: '#978a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a5b;
$custom-light: #b6ac8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47,
    "s": 24.793,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63349,
    "c": 0.06653,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A5B

secondary

#989EB6

accent

#7AC167

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100B

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A5B

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

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