#978D3D#978D3D

#978D3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.102 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D3D
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 59.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -6.82, 43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 43.65, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0216 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.102 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1305, 25.9669, 8.2077)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D3D #3D4797

analogous

#97603D #978D3D #74973D

triadic

#978D3D #3D978D #8D3D97

tetradic

#978D3D #3D9760 #3D4797 #973D74

square

#978D3D #3D9760 #3D4797 #973D74

split-complementary

#978D3D #3D7497 #603D97

monochromatic

#403C1A #6B642B #978D3D #BBB056 #CCC482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#978D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#978D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D3D

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D3D	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)

#998935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.102 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae76',
    500: '#978d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d3d;
$custom-light: #b8ae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 42.453,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63563,
    "c": 0.10197,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D3D

secondary

#7980B7

accent

#63D256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D3D

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