#978E2A#978E2A

#978E2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.118 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E2A
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 72.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -8.59, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 52.31, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0288 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.118 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8544, 26.0934, 6.0227)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E2A #2A3397

analogous

#97572A #978E2A #69972A

triadic

#978E2A #2A978E #8E2A97

tetradic

#978E2A #2A9757 #2A3397 #972A69

square

#978E2A #2A9757 #2A3397 #972A69

split-complementary

#978E2A #2A6997 #572A97

monochromatic

#37340F #67611D #978E2A #C7BB37 #D5CC67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#978E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#978E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E2A

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E2A	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)

#9B891A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.118 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae6a',
    500: '#978e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e2a;
$custom-light: #b9ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63607,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E2A

secondary

#6269BB

accent

#55E048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E2A

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