#978E46#978E46

#978E46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.094 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E46
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 37%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 53.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -6.62, 39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 39.66, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.02 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.094 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5417, 26.3683, 9.6427)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E46 #464F97

analogous

#976546 #978E46 #779746

triadic

#978E46 #46978E #8E4697

tetradic

#978E46 #469765 #464F97 #974677

square

#978E46 #469765 #464F97 #974677

split-complementary

#978E46 #467797 #654697

monochromatic

#433F1F #6D6733 #978E46 #B7AE63 #CAC38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#978E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#978E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E46

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E46	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.094 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ae7b',
    500: '#978e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e46;
$custom-light: #b7ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 36.652,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63897,
    "c": 0.09421,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E46

secondary

#8389B6

accent

#68CD5B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E46

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

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