#978E69#978E69

#978E69 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.053 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E69
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 105)
HSL	hsl(48, 18%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 30%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 30.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -2.65, 20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 21.13, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% -0.0056 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.053 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9855, 26.9458, 17.2467)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E69 #697297

analogous

#977769 #978E69 #899769

triadic

#978E69 #69978E #8E6997

tetradic

#978E69 #699777 #697297 #976989

square

#978E69 #699777 #697297 #976989

split-complementary

#978E69 #698997 #776997

monochromatic

#4F4A37 #736C50 #978E69 #B0A98D #C9C4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#978E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#978E69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E69

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E69	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968C67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.053 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6af94',
    500: '#978e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e69;
$custom-light: #b6af94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 18.11,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64499,
    "c": 0.053,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E69

secondary

#A4A8B8

accent

#7CBB6D

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F1

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E69

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

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