#978B37#978B37

#978B37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B37
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 63.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, -6.17, 45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 45.68, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0205 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.105 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6856, 25.3213, 7.3062)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B37 #374397

analogous

#975B37 #978B37 #739737

triadic

#978B37 #37978B #8B3797

tetradic

#978B37 #37975B #374397 #973773

square

#978B37 #37975B #374397 #973773

split-complementary

#978B37 #377397 #5B3797

monochromatic

#3D3816 #6A6227 #978B37 #BEB04D #CFC47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#978B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#978B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B37

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B37	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)

#97872D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac72',
    500: '#978b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b37;
$custom-light: #b8ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63054,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B37

secondary

#727BB8

accent

#62D652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B37

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

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