#978C2B#978C2B

#978C2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.116 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C2B
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 71.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, -7.45, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 51.20, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0255 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.116 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5776, 25.5108, 6.0199)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C2B #2B3697

analogous

#97562B #978C2B #6C972B

triadic

#978C2B #2B978C #8C2B97

tetradic

#978C2B #2B9756 #2B3697 #972B6C

square

#978C2B #2B9756 #2B3697 #972B6C

split-complementary

#978C2B #2B6C97 #562B97

monochromatic

#383410 #67601D #978C2B #C7B839 #D4C968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#978C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#978C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C2B

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C2B	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)

#99871C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.116 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ad6b',
    500: '#978c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c2b;
$custom-light: #b9ad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63167,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C2B

secondary

#636CBB

accent

#58DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C2B

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