#978B3A#978B3A

#978B3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.103 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B3A
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 61.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -5.96, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 44.29, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% -0.0195 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.103 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7597, 25.3510, 7.6965)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B3A #3A4697

analogous

#975C3A #978B3A #74973A

triadic

#978B3A #3A978B #8B3A97

tetradic

#978B3A #3A975C #3A4697 #973A74

square

#978B3A #3A975C #3A4697 #973A74

split-complementary

#978B3A #3A7497 #5C3A97

monochromatic

#3F3A18 #6B6229 #978B3A #BCAF52 #CDC37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#978B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#978B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B3A

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B3A	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)

#978731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.103 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac73',
    500: '#978b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b3a;
$custom-light: #b8ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 44.498,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63086,
    "c": 0.10277,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B3A

secondary

#767EB7

accent

#64D454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B3A

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