#978C38#978C38

#978C38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.105 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C38
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 62.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, -6.65, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 45.60, 98.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0217 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.105 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8553, 25.6219, 7.4822)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C38 #384397

analogous

#975C38 #978C38 #729738

triadic

#978C38 #38978C #8C3897

tetradic

#978C38 #38975C #384397 #973872

square

#978C38 #38975C #384397 #973872

split-complementary

#978C38 #387297 #5C3897

monochromatic

#3E3917 #6A6327 #978C38 #BEB14F #CEC57B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#978C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#978C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C38

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C38	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98882E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.105 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ad72',
    500: '#978c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c38;
$custom-light: #b8ad72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.053,
    "s": 45.894,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63286,
    "c": 0.10549,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C38

secondary

#737BB7

accent

#61D652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C38

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

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