#978E32#978E32

#978E32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.112 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E32
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 66.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, -8.13, 48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 49.03, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0266 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.112 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0121, 26.1565, 6.8535)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E32 #323B97

analogous

#975B32 #978E32 #6E9732

triadic

#978E32 #32978E #8E3297

tetradic

#978E32 #32975B #323B97 #97326E

square

#978E32 #32975B #323B97 #97326E

split-complementary

#978E32 #326E97 #5B3297

monochromatic

#3B3814 #696323 #978E32 #C1B645 #D1C873

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#978E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#978E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E32

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E32	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)

#9A8926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.112 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae6f',
    500: '#978e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e32;
$custom-light: #b8ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.653,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63674,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E32

secondary

#6C73B9

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E32

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

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