#978D38#978D38

#978D38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.106 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D38
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 62.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -7.19, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 45.98, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0233 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.106 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0020, 25.9155, 7.5312)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D38 #384297

analogous

#975D38 #978D38 #719738

triadic

#978D38 #38978D #8D3897

tetradic

#978D38 #38975D #384297 #973871

square

#978D38 #38975D #384297 #973871

split-complementary

#978D38 #387197 #5D3897

monochromatic

#3E3A17 #6A6327 #978D38 #BEB24F #CEC57B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#978D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#978D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D38

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D38	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)

#99892E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.106 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae72',
    500: '#978d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d38;
$custom-light: #b8ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 45.894,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63509,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D38

secondary

#737BB7

accent

#60D652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D38

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

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