#978D6F#978D6F

#978D6F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.044 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D6F
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 111)
HSL	hsl(45, 16%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 26%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 26.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -1.25, 17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 17.43, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0014 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.044 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1567, 26.7773, 18.8792)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D6F #6F7997

analogous

#97796F #978D6F #8D976F

triadic

#978D6F #6F978D #8D6F97

tetradic

#978D6F #6F9779 #6F7997 #976F8D

square

#978D6F #6F9779 #6F7997 #976F8D

split-complementary

#978D6F #6F8D97 #796F97

monochromatic

#514B3B #756C54 #978D6F #B1A993 #CAC5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#978D6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#978D6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D6F

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D6F	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.044 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ae98',
    500: '#978d6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d6f;
$custom-light: #b6ae98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64415,
    "c": 0.04418,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D6F

secondary

#A8ACBA

accent

#81B96F

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D6F

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

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