#978B3E#978B3E

#978B3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.099 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B3E
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 58.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, -5.65, 42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 42.39, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0181 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.099 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8654, 25.3932, 8.2534)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B3E #3E4A97

analogous

#975F3E #978B3E #77973E

triadic

#978B3E #3E978B #8B3E97

tetradic

#978B3E #3E975F #3E4A97 #973E77

square

#978B3E #3E975F #3E4A97 #973E77

split-complementary

#978B3E #3E7797 #5F3E97

monochromatic

#403B1A #6C632C #978B3E #BAAD58 #CCC283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#978B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#978B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B3E

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B3E	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.099 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac76',
    500: '#978b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b3e;
$custom-light: #b8ac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.91,
    "s": 41.784,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63131,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B3E

secondary

#7A82B6

accent

#67D256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B3E

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