#978D3A#978D3A

#978D3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D3A
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 58)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 61.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, -7.05, 44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 45.06, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0226 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.105 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0519, 25.9354, 7.7939)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D3A #3A4497

analogous

#975E3A #978D3A #72973A

triadic

#978D3A #3A978D #8D3A97

tetradic

#978D3A #3A975E #3A4497 #973A72

square

#978D3A #3A975E #3A4497 #973A72

split-complementary

#978D3A #3A7297 #5E3A97

monochromatic

#3F3A18 #6B6429 #978D3A #BCB152 #CDC57E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#978D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#978D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D3A

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D3A	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae74',
    500: '#978d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d3a;
$custom-light: #b8ae74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.548,
    "s": 44.498,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6353,
    "c": 0.10469,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D3A

secondary

#767DB7

accent

#61D454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D3A

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