#978D2B#978D2B

#978D2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.117 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D2B
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 71.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -7.99, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 51.56, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.027 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.117 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7244, 25.8044, 6.0688)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D2B #2B3597

analogous

#97572B #978D2B #6B972B

triadic

#978D2B #2B978D #8D2B97

tetradic

#978D2B #2B9757 #2B3597 #972B6B

square

#978D2B #2B9757 #2B3597 #972B6B

split-complementary

#978D2B #2B6B97 #572B97

monochromatic

#383410 #67611D #978D2B #C7B939 #D4CA68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#978D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#978D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D2B

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D2B	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)

#9A881C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.117 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae6b',
    500: '#978d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d2b;
$custom-light: #b9ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63391,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D2B

secondary

#636BBB

accent

#57DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D2B

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