#978E2B#978E2B

#978E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.117 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E2B
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 71.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -8.54, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 51.92, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0286 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.117 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8725, 26.1006, 6.1182)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E2B #2B3497

analogous

#97582B #978E2B #6A972B

triadic

#978E2B #2B978E #8E2B97

tetradic

#978E2B #2B9758 #2B3497 #972B6A

square

#978E2B #2B9758 #2B3497 #972B6A

split-complementary

#978E2B #2B6A97 #582B97

monochromatic

#383410 #67611D #978E2B #C7BB39 #D4CB68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#978E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#978E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E2B

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E2B	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)

#9B891B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.117 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae6b',
    500: '#978e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e2b;
$custom-light: #b9ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63615,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E2B

secondary

#636ABB

accent

#55DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E2B

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