#978B2C#978B2C

#978B2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.114 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B2C
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 70.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -6.86, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 50.44, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.0237 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.114 102)
XYZ	xyz(22.4507, 25.2274, 6.0692)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B2C #2C3897

analogous

#97552C #978B2C #6D972C

triadic

#978B2C #2C978B #8B2C97

tetradic

#978B2C #2C9755 #2C3897 #972C6D

square

#978B2C #2C9755 #2C3897 #972C6D

split-complementary

#978B2C #2C6D97 #552C97

monochromatic

#383410 #685F1E #978B2C #C6B63A #D4C86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#978B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#978B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B2C

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B2C	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.114 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac6b',
    500: '#978b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b2c;
$custom-light: #b9ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62952,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.25226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B2C

secondary

#656EBA

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B2C

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