#978B43#978B43

#978B43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.094 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B43
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 55.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -5.24, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 39.94, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0163 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.094 100)
XYZ	xyz(23.0090, 25.4507, 9.0096)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B43 #434F97

analogous

#976143 #978B43 #799743

triadic

#978B43 #43978B #8B4397

tetradic

#978B43 #439761 #434F97 #974379

square

#978B43 #439761 #434F97 #974379

split-complementary

#978B43 #437997 #614397

monochromatic

#423D1D #6D6430 #978B43 #B8AB5F #CBC28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#978B43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#978B43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B43

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B43	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97873C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.094 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac79',
    500: '#978b43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b43;
$custom-light: #b8ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 38.532,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63193,
    "c": 0.09424,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.2545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B43

secondary

#8088B6

accent

#6ACE59

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B43

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

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