#978D40#978D40

#978D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.099 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D40
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 57.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -6.59, 41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 42.21, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0206 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.099 102)
XYZ	xyz(23.2136, 26.0001, 8.6452)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D40 #404A97

analogous

#976140 #978D40 #769740

triadic

#978D40 #40978D #8D4097

tetradic

#978D40 #409761 #404A97 #974076

square

#978D40 #409761 #404A97 #974076

split-complementary

#978D40 #407697 #614097

monochromatic

#413D1C #6C652E #978D40 #B9AF5B #CCC486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#978D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#978D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D40

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D40	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)

#998938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.099 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae77',
    500: '#978d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d40;
$custom-light: #b8ae77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 40.465,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63599,
    "c": 0.09915,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.25999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D40

secondary

#7D83B6

accent

#65D057

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D40

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

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