#978C2A#978C2A

#978C2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.116 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C2A
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 72.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, -7.51, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 51.59, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0258 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.116 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5595, 25.5036, 5.9244)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C2A #2A3597

analogous

#97552A #978C2A #6B972A

triadic

#978C2A #2A978C #8C2A97

tetradic

#978C2A #2A9755 #2A3597 #972A6B

square

#978C2A #2A9755 #2A3597 #972A6B

split-complementary

#978C2A #2A6B97 #552A97

monochromatic

#37330F #67601D #978C2A #C7B837 #D5CA67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#978C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#978C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C2A

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C2A	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99871A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.116 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ad6a',
    500: '#978c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c2a;
$custom-light: #b9ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.945,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6316,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C2A

secondary

#626BBB

accent

#57E048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C2A

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