#978B34#978B34

#978B34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.108 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B34
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 65.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, -6.37, 46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 47.03, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0214 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.108 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6159, 25.2934, 6.9390)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B34 #344097

analogous

#975934 #978B34 #729734

triadic

#978B34 #34978B #8B3497

tetradic

#978B34 #349759 #344097 #973472

square

#978B34 #349759 #344097 #973472

split-complementary

#978B34 #347297 #593497

monochromatic

#3C3715 #696124 #978B34 #C0B248 #D0C576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#978B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#978B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B34

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B34	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.108 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac70',
    500: '#978b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b34;
$custom-light: #b8ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 48.768,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63024,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B34

secondary

#6F78B8

accent

#60D84F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B34

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

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