#978B32#978B32

#978B32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.110 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B32
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 66.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, -6.50, 47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 47.91, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.022 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.11 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5718, 25.2758, 6.7068)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B32 #323E97

analogous

#975832 #978B32 #719732

triadic

#978B32 #32978B #8B3297

tetradic

#978B32 #329758 #323E97 #973271

square

#978B32 #329758 #323E97 #973271

split-complementary

#978B32 #327197 #583297

monochromatic

#3B3614 #696123 #978B32 #C1B345 #D1C573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#978B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#978B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B32

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B32	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)

#988727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.110 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac6f',
    500: '#978b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b32;
$custom-light: #b8ac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.871,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63005,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B32

secondary

#6C75B9

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B32

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

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