#978C2E#978C2E

#978C2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.113 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C2E
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 69.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -7.29, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 49.98, 98.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0247 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.113 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6347, 25.5337, 6.3205)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C2E #2E3997

analogous

#97572E #978C2E #6D972E

triadic

#978C2E #2E978C #8C2E97

tetradic

#978C2E #2E9757 #2E3997 #972E6D

square

#978C2E #2E9757 #2E3997 #972E6D

split-complementary

#978C2E #2E6D97 #572E97

monochromatic

#393511 #686120 #978C2E #C4B63E #D2C86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#978C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#978C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C2E

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C2E	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.113 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ad6c',
    500: '#978c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c2e;
$custom-light: #b9ad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.714,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63192,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C2E

secondary

#6770BA

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C2E

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