#978B36#978B36

#978B36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.106 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B36
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 64.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, -6.24, 45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 46.13, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0208 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.106 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6619, 25.3118, 7.1813)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B36 #364297

analogous

#975A36 #978B36 #739736

triadic

#978B36 #36978B #8B3697

tetradic

#978B36 #36975A #364297 #973673

square

#978B36 #36975A #364297 #973673

split-complementary

#978B36 #367397 #5A3697

monochromatic

#3D3816 #6A6226 #978B36 #BFB14B #CFC478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#978B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#978B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B36

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B36	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	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)

#97872C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.106 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac71',
    500: '#978b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b36;
$custom-light: #b8ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.577,
    "s": 47.317,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63043,
    "c": 0.10625,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B36

secondary

#717AB8

accent

#61D751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B36

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

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