#978B4E#978B4E

#978B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.083 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B4E
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 48.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, -4.22, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 34.34, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0121 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.083 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3709, 25.5954, 10.9156)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B4E #4E5A97

analogous

#97674E #978B4E #7F974E

triadic

#978B4E #4E978B #8B4E97

tetradic

#978B4E #4E9767 #4E5A97 #974E7F

square

#978B4E #4E9767 #4E5A97 #974E7F

split-complementary

#978B4E #4E7F97 #674E97

monochromatic

#464124 #6F6639 #978B4E #B4A96E #C9C196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#978B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#978B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B4E

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B4E	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.083 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ac81',
    500: '#978b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b4e;
$custom-light: #b7ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63348,
    "c": 0.08262,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B4E

secondary

#8B92B6

accent

#71C860

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#11100A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B4E

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