#978D48#978D48

#978D48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.091 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D48
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 52.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -5.89, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 38.24, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0176 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.091 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4578, 26.0978, 9.9314)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D48 #485297

analogous

#976548 #978D48 #799748

triadic

#978D48 #48978D #8D4897

tetradic

#978D48 #489765 #485297 #974879

square

#978D48 #489765 #485297 #974879

split-complementary

#978D48 #487997 #654897

monochromatic

#444020 #6E6634 #978D48 #B6AC66 #CAC290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#978D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#978D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D48

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D48	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.091 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ae7d',
    500: '#978d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d48;
$custom-light: #b7ae7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.405,
    "s": 35.426,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63702,
    "c": 0.0911,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D48

secondary

#858BB6

accent

#6ACB5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D48

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

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