#978D3E#978D3E

#978D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D3E
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 58.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -6.75, 42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 43.17, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0213 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.101 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1577, 25.9777, 8.3509)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D3E #3E4897

analogous

#97613E #978D3E #75973E

triadic

#978D3E #3E978D #8D3E97

tetradic

#978D3E #3E9761 #3E4897 #973E75

square

#978D3E #3E9761 #3E4897 #973E75

split-complementary

#978D3E #3E7597 #613E97

monochromatic

#403C1A #6C642C #978D3E #BAAF58 #CCC483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#978D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#978D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D3E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D3E	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae76',
    500: '#978d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d3e;
$custom-light: #b8ae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.258,
    "s": 41.784,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63575,
    "c": 0.10104,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D3E

secondary

#7A81B6

accent

#64D256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D3E

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