#978B30#978B30

#978B30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.111 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B30
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 68.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -6.62, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 48.77, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0226 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.111 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5296, 25.2589, 6.4845)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B30 #303C97

analogous

#975830 #978B30 #709730

triadic

#978B30 #30978B #8B3097

tetradic

#978B30 #309758 #303C97 #973070

square

#978B30 #309758 #303C97 #973070

split-complementary

#978B30 #307097 #583097

monochromatic

#3A3612 #696021 #978B30 #C3B441 #D2C670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#978B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#978B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B30

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B30	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)

#988724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.111 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac6d',
    500: '#978b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b30;
$custom-light: #b9ac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.01,
    "s": 51.759,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62986,
    "c": 0.11107,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B30

secondary

#6A73B9

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B30

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

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