#978B28#978B28

#978B28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.117 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B28
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 73.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -7.06, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 52.02, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.0247 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.117 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3791, 25.1987, 5.6921)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B28 #283497

analogous

#975428 #978B28 #6B9728

triadic

#978B28 #28978B #8B2897

tetradic

#978B28 #289754 #283497 #97286B

square

#978B28 #289754 #283497 #97286B

split-complementary

#978B28 #286B97 #542897

monochromatic

#36320E #675E1B #978B28 #C7B835 #D6C964

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#978B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#978B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B28

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B28	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.117 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac69',
    500: '#978b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b28;
$custom-light: #b9ac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62921,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B28

secondary

#5F69BC

accent

#57E146

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B28

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

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