#978B49#978B49

#978B49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.088 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B49
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 51.7%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -4.70, 36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 36.91, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0141 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.088 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1984, 25.5264, 10.0071)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B49 #495597

analogous

#976449 #978B49 #7C9749

triadic

#978B49 #49978B #8B4997

tetradic

#978B49 #499764 #495597 #97497C

square

#978B49 #499764 #495597 #97497C

split-complementary

#978B49 #497C97 #644997

monochromatic

#443F21 #6E6535 #978B49 #B6AA67 #CAC191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#978B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#978B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B49

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B49	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.088 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ac7d',
    500: '#978b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b49;
$custom-light: #b7ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 34.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63274,
    "c": 0.08806,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B49

secondary

#868EB6

accent

#6ECB5D

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B49

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

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