#978D2F#978D2F

#978D2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.114 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D2F
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 47)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 68.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -7.77, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 49.93, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.026 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.114 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8014, 25.8352, 6.4744)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D2F #2F3997

analogous

#97592F #978D2F #6D972F

triadic

#978D2F #2F978D #8D2F97

tetradic

#978D2F #2F9759 #2F3997 #972F6D

square

#978D2F #2F9759 #2F3997 #972F6D

split-complementary

#978D2F #2F6D97 #592F97

monochromatic

#3A3612 #686120 #978D2F #C3B740 #D2C86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#978D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#978D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D2F

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D2F	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)

#9A8822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.114 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae6d',
    500: '#978d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d2f;
$custom-light: #b9ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 52.525,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63424,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D2F

secondary

#6870B9

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D2F

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