#978D2C#978D2C

#978D2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.116 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D2C
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 44)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 70.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -7.94, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 51.16, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0268 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.116 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7429, 25.8118, 6.1666)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D2C #2C3697

analogous

#97582C #978D2C #6B972C

triadic

#978D2C #2C978D #8D2C97

tetradic

#978D2C #2C9758 #2C3697 #972C6B

square

#978D2C #2C9758 #2C3697 #972C6B

split-complementary

#978D2C #2C6B97 #582C97

monochromatic

#383410 #68611E #978D2C #C6B93A #D4CA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#978D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#978D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D2C

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D2C	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)

#9A881D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.116 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae6b',
    500: '#978d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d2c;
$custom-light: #b9ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63399,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D2C

secondary

#656DBA

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D2C

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

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