#978C6B#978C6B

#978C6B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.048 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C6B
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 107)
HSL	hsl(45, 17%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 29%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 29.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -1.26, 19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 19.19, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0015 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.048 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7946, 26.3976, 17.6962)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C6B #6B7697

analogous

#97766B #978C6B #8C976B

triadic

#978C6B #6B978C #8C6B97

tetradic

#978C6B #6B9776 #6B7697 #976B8C

square

#978C6B #6B9776 #6B7697 #976B8C

split-complementary

#978C6B #6B8C97 #766B97

monochromatic

#504A38 #746B51 #978C6B #B0A88F #CAC4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#978C6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#978C6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C6B

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C6B	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938B69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968E6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.048 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ad95',
    500: '#978c6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c6b;
$custom-light: #b6ad95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64108,
    "c": 0.04841,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C6B

secondary

#A5AAB9

accent

#81BA6E

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F1

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C6B

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

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