#978E35#978E35

#978E35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.110 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E35
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 64.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -7.94, 47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 47.72, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0257 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.11 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0790, 26.1832, 7.2056)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E35 #353E97

analogous

#975D35 #978E35 #6F9735

triadic

#978E35 #35978E #8E3597

tetradic

#978E35 #35975D #353E97 #97356F

square

#978E35 #35975D #353E97 #97356F

split-complementary

#978E35 #356F97 #5D3597

monochromatic

#3C3915 #6A6325 #978E35 #BFB54A #CFC777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#978E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#978E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E35

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E35	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.110 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae71',
    500: '#978e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e35;
$custom-light: #b8ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.49,
    "s": 48.039,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63702,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E35

secondary

#7076B8

accent

#5DD850

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E35

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

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