#978B60#978B60

#978B60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.061 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B60
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 22%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 36.4%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -2.18, 24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 24.75, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0047 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.061 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1068, 25.8898, 14.7914)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B60 #606C97

analogous

#976F60 #978B60 #879760

triadic

#978B60 #60978B #8B6097

tetradic

#978B60 #60976F #606C97 #976087

square

#978B60 #60976F #606C97 #976087

split-complementary

#978B60 #608797 #6F6097

monochromatic

#4C4630 #726948 #978B60 #B1A784 #C8C2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#978B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#978B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B60

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B60	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94895D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978D61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.061 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ac8d',
    500: '#978b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b60;
$custom-light: #b6ac8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 22.267,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63662,
    "c": 0.06137,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B60

secondary

#9CA2B7

accent

#7CBF69

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100C

muted

#807F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B60

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

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