#978B2F#978B2F

#978B2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.112 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B2F
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 47)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 68.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -6.68, 48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 49.20, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.0229 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.112 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5092, 25.2507, 6.3770)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B2F #2F3B97

analogous

#97572F #978B2F #6F972F

triadic

#978B2F #2F978B #8B2F97

tetradic

#978B2F #2F9757 #2F3B97 #972F6F

square

#978B2F #2F9757 #2F3B97 #972F6F

split-complementary

#978B2F #2F6F97 #572F97

monochromatic

#3A3512 #686020 #978B2F #C3B440 #D2C76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#978B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#978B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B2F

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B2F	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)

#988722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.112 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac6d',
    500: '#978b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b2f;
$custom-light: #b9ac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 52.525,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62978,
    "c": 0.11184,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B2F

secondary

#6872B9

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B2F

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