#978E40#978E40

#978E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.100 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E40
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 40%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 57.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, -7.13, 42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 42.61, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0221 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.1 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3617, 26.2963, 8.6946)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E40 #404997

analogous

#976340 #978E40 #759740

triadic

#978E40 #40978E #8E4097

tetradic

#978E40 #409763 #404997 #974075

square

#978E40 #409763 #404997 #974075

split-complementary

#978E40 #407597 #634097

monochromatic

#413D1C #6C662E #978E40 #B9B05B #CCC486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#978E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#978E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E40

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E40	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.100 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae78',
    500: '#978e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e40;
$custom-light: #b8ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 40.465,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63821,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E40

secondary

#7D83B6

accent

#64D057

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E40

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

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