#978E31#978E31

#978E31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.113 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E31
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 67.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -8.19, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 49.45, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0269 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.113 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9908, 26.1479, 6.7412)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E31 #313A97

analogous

#975B31 #978E31 #6D9731

triadic

#978E31 #31978E #8E3197

tetradic

#978E31 #31975B #313A97 #97316D

square

#978E31 #31975B #313A97 #97316D

split-complementary

#978E31 #316D97 #5B3197

monochromatic

#3B3713 #696322 #978E31 #C2B743 #D1C971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#978E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#978E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E31

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E31	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)

#9B8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.113 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae6e',
    500: '#978e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e31;
$custom-light: #b8ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 51,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63665,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E31

secondary

#6B72B9

accent

#5ADA4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E31

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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