#978B3C#978B3C

#978B3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.101 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B3C
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 60.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -5.81, 42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 43.34, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0188 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.101 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8116, 25.3717, 7.9697)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B3C #3C4897

analogous

#975E3C #978B3C #76973C

triadic

#978B3C #3C978B #8B3C97

tetradic

#978B3C #3C975E #3C4897 #973C76

square

#978B3C #3C975E #3C4897 #973C76

split-complementary

#978B3C #3C7697 #5E3C97

monochromatic

#3F3A19 #6B632B #978B3C #BBAE55 #CDC381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#978B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#978B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B3C

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B3C	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)

#978734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.101 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac75',
    500: '#978b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b3c;
$custom-light: #b8ac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.088,
    "s": 43.128,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63108,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B3C

secondary

#7880B7

accent

#66D355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B3C

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