#978B3F#978B3F

#978B3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.098 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B3F
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 63)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 58.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -5.57, 41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 41.90, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0178 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.098 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8931, 25.4043, 8.3993)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B3F #3F4B97

analogous

#975F3F #978B3F #77973F

triadic

#978B3F #3F978B #8B3F97

tetradic

#978B3F #3F975F #3F4B97 #973F77

square

#978B3F #3F975F #3F4B97 #973F77

split-complementary

#978B3F #3F7797 #5F3F97

monochromatic

#413B1B #6C632D #978B3F #BAAD59 #CCC285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#978B3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#978B3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B3F

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B3F	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)

#978737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.098 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac77',
    500: '#978b3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b3f;
$custom-light: #b8ac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 41.121,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63143,
    "c": 0.09815,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B3F

secondary

#7C84B6

accent

#67D157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B3F

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