#978D4E#978D4E

#978D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.085 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D4E
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 48.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -5.32, 34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 35.16, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0153 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.085 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6632, 26.1799, 11.0130)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D4E #4E5897

analogous

#97694E #978D4E #7C974E

triadic

#978D4E #4E978D #8D4E97

tetradic

#978D4E #4E9769 #4E5897 #974E7C

square

#978D4E #4E9769 #4E5897 #974E7C

split-complementary

#978D4E #4E7C97 #694E97

monochromatic

#464224 #6F6739 #978D4E #B4AB6E #C9C296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#978D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#978D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D4E

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D4E	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.085 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ae81',
    500: '#978d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d4e;
$custom-light: #b7ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.781,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63789,
    "c": 0.08464,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D4E

secondary

#8B91B6

accent

#6EC860

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#11100A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D4E

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