#978B2E#978B2E

#978B2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.113 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B2E
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 69.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, -6.74, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 49.62, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0232 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.113 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4892, 25.2428, 6.2720)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B2E #2E3A97

analogous

#97562E #978B2E #6E972E

triadic

#978B2E #2E978B #8B2E97

tetradic

#978B2E #2E9756 #2E3A97 #972E6E

square

#978B2E #2E9756 #2E3A97 #972E6E

split-complementary

#978B2E #2E6E97 #562E97

monochromatic

#393511 #686020 #978B2E #C4B53E #D2C76D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#978B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#978B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B2E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B2E	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)

#988721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.113 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac6c',
    500: '#978b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b2e;
$custom-light: #b9ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62969,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B2E

secondary

#6771BA

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B2E

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