#978B38#978B38

#978B38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B38
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 62.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -6.10, 44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 45.22, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0201 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.105 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7098, 25.3310, 7.4338)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B38 #384497

analogous

#975B38 #978B38 #739738

triadic

#978B38 #38978B #8B3897

tetradic

#978B38 #38975B #384497 #973873

square

#978B38 #38975B #384497 #973873

split-complementary

#978B38 #387397 #5B3897

monochromatic

#3E3917 #6A6227 #978B38 #BEB04F #CEC47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#978B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#978B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B38

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B38	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac72',
    500: '#978b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b38;
$custom-light: #b8ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.421,
    "s": 45.894,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63064,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B38

secondary

#737CB7

accent

#63D652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B38

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

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