#978B2A#978B2A

#978B2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.115 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B2A
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 72.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, -6.96, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 51.24, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0242 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.115 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4140, 25.2127, 5.8759)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B2A #2A3697

analogous

#97542A #978B2A #6D972A

triadic

#978B2A #2A978B #8B2A97

tetradic

#978B2A #2A9754 #2A3697 #972A6D

square

#978B2A #2A9754 #2A3697 #972A6D

split-complementary

#978B2A #2A6D97 #542A97

monochromatic

#37330F #675F1D #978B2A #C7B737 #D5C967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#978B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#978B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B2A

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B2A	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)

#98871B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.115 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac6a',
    500: '#978b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b2a;
$custom-light: #b9ac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62936,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B2A

secondary

#626CBB

accent

#59E048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B2A

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