#978D2E#978D2E

#978D2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.114 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D2E
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 69.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -7.83, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 50.34, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0262 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.114 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7815, 25.8272, 6.3694)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D2E #2E3897

analogous

#97582E #978D2E #6C972E

triadic

#978D2E #2E978D #8D2E97

tetradic

#978D2E #2E9758 #2E3897 #972E6C

square

#978D2E #2E9758 #2E3897 #972E6C

split-complementary

#978D2E #2E6C97 #582E97

monochromatic

#393511 #686120 #978D2E #C4B73E #D2C96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#978D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#978D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D2E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D2E	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.114 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae6d',
    500: '#978d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d2e;
$custom-light: #b9ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63415,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D2E

secondary

#676FBA

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D2E

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

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