#978E2E#978E2E

#978E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.115 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E2E
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 69.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -8.37, 50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 50.71, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0278 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.115 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9296, 26.1235, 6.4188)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E2E #2E3797

analogous

#97592E #978E2E #6B972E

triadic

#978E2E #2E978E #8E2E97

tetradic

#978E2E #2E9759 #2E3797 #972E6B

square

#978E2E #2E9759 #2E3797 #972E6B

split-complementary

#978E2E #2E6B97 #592E97

monochromatic

#393611 #686220 #978E2E #C4B93E #D2CA6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#978E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#978E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E2E

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E2E	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)

#9B8920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.115 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae6d',
    500: '#978e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e2e;
$custom-light: #b9ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63639,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E2E

secondary

#676EBA

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E2E

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