#978D2D#978D2D

#978D2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.115 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D2D
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 70.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -7.89, 50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 50.75, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0265 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.115 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7620, 25.8194, 6.2668)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D2D #2D3797

analogous

#97582D #978D2D #6C972D

triadic

#978D2D #2D978D #8D2D97

tetradic

#978D2D #2D9758 #2D3797 #972D6C

square

#978D2D #2D9758 #2D3797 #972D6C

split-complementary

#978D2D #2D6C97 #582D97

monochromatic

#393511 #68611F #978D2D #C5B83C #D3C96B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#978D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#978D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D2D

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D2D	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)

#9A881F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.115 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae6c',
    500: '#978d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d2d;
$custom-light: #b9ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 54.082,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63407,
    "c": 0.11514,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D2D

secondary

#666EBA

accent

#58DD4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D2D

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

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