#978C3F#978C3F

#978C3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.099 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C3F
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 63)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 58.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -6.12, 41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 42.29, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0193 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.099 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0386, 25.6952, 8.4478)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C3F #3F4A97

analogous

#97603F #978C3F #76973F

triadic

#978C3F #3F978C #8C3F97

tetradic

#978C3F #3F9760 #3F4A97 #973F76

square

#978C3F #3F9760 #3F4A97 #973F76

split-complementary

#978C3F #3F7697 #603F97

monochromatic

#413C1B #6C642D #978C3F #BAAE59 #CCC385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#978C3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#978C3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C3F

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C3F	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.099 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ad77',
    500: '#978c3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c3f;
$custom-light: #b8ad77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 41.121,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63365,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C3F

secondary

#7C83B6

accent

#66D157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C3F

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