#978E36#978E36

#978E36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.109 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E36
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 64.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -7.87, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 47.27, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0254 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.109 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1022, 26.1925, 7.3281)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E36 #363F97

analogous

#975D36 #978E36 #6F9736

triadic

#978E36 #36978E #8E3697

tetradic

#978E36 #36975D #363F97 #97366F

square

#978E36 #36975D #363F97 #97366F

split-complementary

#978E36 #366F97 #5D3697

monochromatic

#3D3916 #6A6426 #978E36 #BFB44B #CFC778

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#978E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#978E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E36

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E36	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)

#9A892B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.109 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae71',
    500: '#978e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e36;
$custom-light: #b8ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.433,
    "s": 47.317,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63712,
    "c": 0.10911,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E36

secondary

#7178B8

accent

#5DD751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E36

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

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