#978D2A#978D2A

#978D2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.117 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D2A
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 72.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -8.05, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 51.95, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0273 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.117 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7063, 25.7972, 5.9733)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D2A #2A3497

analogous

#97562A #978D2A #6B972A

triadic

#978D2A #2A978D #8D2A97

tetradic

#978D2A #2A9756 #2A3497 #972A6B

square

#978D2A #2A9756 #2A3497 #972A6B

split-complementary

#978D2A #2A6B97 #562A97

monochromatic

#37340F #67601D #978D2A #C7BA37 #D5CB67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#978D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#978D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D2A

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D2A	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A881A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.117 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae6a',
    500: '#978d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d2a;
$custom-light: #b9ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.495,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63383,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D2A

secondary

#626ABB

accent

#56E048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D2A

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