#978E2C#978E2C

#978E2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.117 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E2C
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 44)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 70.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, -8.48, 50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 51.52, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0283 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.117 104)
XYZ	xyz(22.8911, 26.1081, 6.2160)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E2C #2C3597

analogous

#97582C #978E2C #6A972C

triadic

#978E2C #2C978E #8E2C97

tetradic

#978E2C #2C9758 #2C3597 #972C6A

square

#978E2C #2C9758 #2C3597 #972C6A

split-complementary

#978E2C #2C6A97 #582C97

monochromatic

#383510 #68611E #978E2C #C6BA3A #D4CB6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#978E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#978E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E2C

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E2C	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)

#9B891D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.117 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae6c',
    500: '#978e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e2c;
$custom-light: #b9ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63623,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.26107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E2C

secondary

#656CBA

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E2C

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