#978E3C#978E3C

#978E3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.104 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E3C
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 60)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 60.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -7.44, 43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 44.52, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0235 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.104 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2519, 26.2524, 8.1165)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E3C #3C4597

analogous

#97613C #978E3C #73973C

triadic

#978E3C #3C978E #8E3C97

tetradic

#978E3C #3C9761 #3C4597 #973C73

square

#978E3C #3C9761 #3C4597 #973C73

split-complementary

#978E3C #3C7397 #613C97

monochromatic

#3F3C19 #6B652B #978E3C #BBB155 #CDC581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#978E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#978E3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E3C

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E3C	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.104 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae75',
    500: '#978e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e3c;
$custom-light: #b8ae75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.066,
    "s": 43.128,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63775,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E3C

secondary

#787EB7

accent

#61D355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

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