#978D6B#978D6B

#978D6B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.049 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D6B
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 107)
HSL	hsl(46, 17%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 29%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 29.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -1.82, 19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 19.61, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0031 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.049 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9414, 26.6912, 17.7451)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D6B #6B7597

analogous

#97776B #978D6B #8B976B

triadic

#978D6B #6B978D #8D6B97

tetradic

#978D6B #6B9777 #6B7597 #976B8B

square

#978D6B #6B9777 #6B7597 #976B8B

split-complementary

#978D6B #6B8B97 #776B97

monochromatic

#504A38 #746C51 #978D6B #B0A98F #CAC4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#978D6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#978D6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D6B

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D6B	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948B69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.049 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ae95',
    500: '#978d6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d6b;
$custom-light: #b6ae95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64325,
    "c": 0.04939,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D6B

secondary

#A5AAB9

accent

#7FBA6E

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F1

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D6B

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

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