#978B45#978B45

#978B45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.092 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B45
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 54.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -5.07, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 38.94, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0156 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.092 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0701, 25.4751, 9.3310)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B45 #455197

analogous

#976245 #978B45 #7A9745

triadic

#978B45 #45978B #8B4597

tetradic

#978B45 #459762 #455197 #97457A

square

#978B45 #459762 #455197 #97457A

split-complementary

#978B45 #457A97 #624597

monochromatic

#433E1F #6D6432 #978B45 #B7AB62 #CAC18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#978B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#978B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B45

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B45	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)

#96883F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.092 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac7b',
    500: '#978b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b45;
$custom-light: #b8ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 37.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63219,
    "c": 0.09222,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B45

secondary

#828AB6

accent

#6BCD5B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B45

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

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