#978D37#978D37

#978D37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.107 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D37
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 63.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -7.26, 45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 46.44, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0236 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.107 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9778, 25.9058, 7.4036)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D37 #374197

analogous

#975D37 #978D37 #719737

triadic

#978D37 #37978D #8D3797

tetradic

#978D37 #37975D #374197 #973771

square

#978D37 #37975D #374197 #973771

split-complementary

#978D37 #377197 #5D3797

monochromatic

#3D3916 #6A6327 #978D37 #BEB24D #CFC67A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#978D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#978D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D37

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D37	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.107 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae72',
    500: '#978d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d37;
$custom-light: #b8ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63499,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D37

secondary

#7279B8

accent

#5FD652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D37

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

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