#978C4E#978C4E

#978C4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.084 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C4E
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 48.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -4.77, 34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 34.75, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0137 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.084 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5164, 25.8863, 10.9641)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C4E #4E5997

analogous

#97684E #978C4E #7E974E

triadic

#978C4E #4E978C #8C4E97

tetradic

#978C4E #4E9768 #4E5997 #974E7E

square

#978C4E #4E9768 #4E5997 #974E7E

split-complementary

#978C4E #4E7E97 #684E97

monochromatic

#464124 #6F6739 #978C4E #B4AA6E #C9C196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#978C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#978C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C4E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C4E	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.084 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ad81',
    500: '#978c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c4e;
$custom-light: #b7ad81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63568,
    "c": 0.08362,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C4E

secondary

#8B92B6

accent

#6FC860

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#11100A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C4E

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