#978C2F#978C2F

#978C2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.113 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C2F
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 47)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 68.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -7.23, 49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 49.56, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.0244 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.113 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6546, 25.5416, 6.4255)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C2F #2F3A97

analogous

#97582F #978C2F #6E972F

triadic

#978C2F #2F978C #8C2F97

tetradic

#978C2F #2F9758 #2F3A97 #972F6E

square

#978C2F #2F9758 #2F3A97 #972F6E

split-complementary

#978C2F #2F6E97 #582F97

monochromatic

#3A3512 #686120 #978C2F #C3B640 #D2C76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#978C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#978C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C2F

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C2F	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)

#998822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.113 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ad6d',
    500: '#978c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c2f;
$custom-light: #b9ad6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.654,
    "s": 52.525,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.632,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C2F

secondary

#6871B9

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C2F

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

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