#978E2F#978E2F

#978E2F 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 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E2F
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 47)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 68.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -8.31, 49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 50.30, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0275 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.115 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9495, 26.1314, 6.5238)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E2F #2F3897

analogous

#975A2F #978E2F #6C972F

triadic

#978E2F #2F978E #8E2F97

tetradic

#978E2F #2F975A #2F3897 #972F6C

square

#978E2F #2F975A #2F3897 #972F6C

split-complementary

#978E2F #2F6C97 #5A2F97

monochromatic

#3A3612 #686220 #978E2F #C3B840 #D2C96E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#978E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#978E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E2F

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E2F	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.115 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae6d',
    500: '#978e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e2f;
$custom-light: #b9ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.808,
    "s": 52.525,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63647,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E2F

secondary

#686FB9

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E2F

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