#978E37#978E37

#978E37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.108 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E37
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 63.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -7.80, 46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 46.82, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0251 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.108 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1259, 26.2020, 7.4530)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E37 #374097

analogous

#975E37 #978E37 #709737

triadic

#978E37 #37978E #8E3797

tetradic

#978E37 #37975E #374097 #973770

square

#978E37 #37975E #374097 #973770

split-complementary

#978E37 #377097 #5E3797

monochromatic

#3D3A16 #6A6427 #978E37 #BEB44D #CFC77A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#978E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#978E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E37

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E37	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)

#9A892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.108 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae72',
    500: '#978e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e37;
$custom-light: #b8ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63722,
    "c": 0.10827,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E37

secondary

#7279B8

accent

#5ED652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E37

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

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