#978E2D#978E2D

#978E2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.116 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E2D
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 70.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -8.43, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 51.12, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.028 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.116 104)
XYZ	xyz(22.9101, 26.1157, 6.3162)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E2D #2D3697

analogous

#97592D #978E2D #6B972D

triadic

#978E2D #2D978E #8E2D97

tetradic

#978E2D #2D9759 #2D3697 #972D6B

square

#978E2D #2D9759 #2D3697 #972D6B

split-complementary

#978E2D #2D6B97 #592D97

monochromatic

#393511 #68621F #978E2D #C5B93C #D3CA6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#978E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#978E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E2D

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E2D	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#9B891F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.116 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae6c',
    500: '#978e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e2d;
$custom-light: #b9ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.906,
    "s": 54.082,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63631,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.26115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E2D

secondary

#666DBA

accent

#57DD4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E2D

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