#978E4E#978E4E

#978E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.086 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E4E
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 48.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -5.86, 35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 35.59, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0169 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.086 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8113, 26.4761, 11.0624)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E4E #4E5797

analogous

#976A4E #978E4E #7B974E

triadic

#978E4E #4E978E #8E4E97

tetradic

#978E4E #4E976A #4E5797 #974E7B

square

#978E4E #4E976A #4E5797 #974E7B

split-complementary

#978E4E #4E7B97 #6A4E97

monochromatic

#464224 #6F6839 #978E4E #B4AB6E #C9C396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#978E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#978E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E4E

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E4E	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.086 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ae81',
    500: '#978e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e4e;
$custom-light: #b7ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.603,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6401,
    "c": 0.08568,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E4E

secondary

#8B90B6

accent

#6DC860

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#11100A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E4E

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