#978B35#978B35

#978B35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.107 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B35
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 64.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -6.31, 46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 46.58, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.0211 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.107 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6386, 25.3025, 7.0589)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B35 #354197

analogous

#975A35 #978B35 #729735

triadic

#978B35 #35978B #8B3597

tetradic

#978B35 #35975A #354197 #973572

square

#978B35 #35975A #354197 #973572

split-complementary

#978B35 #357297 #5A3597

monochromatic

#3C3815 #6A6125 #978B35 #BFB14A #CFC477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#978B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#978B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B35

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B35	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)

#97872B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.107 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac70',
    500: '#978b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b35;
$custom-light: #b8ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 48.039,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63033,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B35

secondary

#7079B8

accent

#61D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B35

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

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