#978C2D#978C2D

#978C2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.114 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C2D
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 45)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 70.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -7.34, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 50.39, 98.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.025 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.114 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6152, 25.5259, 6.2179)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C2D #2D3897

analogous

#97572D #978C2D #6D972D

triadic

#978C2D #2D978C #8C2D97

tetradic

#978C2D #2D9757 #2D3897 #972D6D

square

#978C2D #2D9757 #2D3897 #972D6D

split-complementary

#978C2D #2D6D97 #572D97

monochromatic

#393511 #68601F #978C2D #C5B73C #D3C86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#978C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#978C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C2D

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C2D	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)

#99881F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.114 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ad6c',
    500: '#978c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c2d;
$custom-light: #b9ad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.774,
    "s": 54.082,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63183,
    "c": 0.11422,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C2D

secondary

#666FBA

accent

#5ADD4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C2D

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

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