#978E39#978E39

#978E39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.107 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E39
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 62.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -7.66, 45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 45.91, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0245 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.107 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1749, 26.2216, 7.7106)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E39 #394297

analogous

#975F39 #978E39 #719739

triadic

#978E39 #39978E #8E3997

tetradic

#978E39 #39975F #394297 #973971

square

#978E39 #39975F #394297 #973971

split-complementary

#978E39 #397197 #5F3997

monochromatic

#3E3A17 #6B6428 #978E39 #BDB350 #CEC67D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#978E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#978E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E39

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E39	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#9A8A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.107 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae73',
    500: '#978e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e39;
$custom-light: #b8ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.255,
    "s": 45.192,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63742,
    "c": 0.10656,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E39

secondary

#757BB7

accent

#5FD553

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E39

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

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