#978E6A#978E6A

#978E6A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.052 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E6A
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 106)
HSL	hsl(48, 18%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 30%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 29.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -2.51, 20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 20.59, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0052 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.052 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0372, 26.9665, 17.5190)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E6A #6A7397

analogous

#97776A #978E6A #89976A

triadic

#978E6A #6A978E #8E6A97

tetradic

#978E6A #6A9777 #6A7397 #976A89

square

#978E6A #6A9777 #6A7397 #976A89

split-complementary

#978E6A #6A8997 #776A97

monochromatic

#4F4A37 #736C50 #978E6A #B0A98E #C9C5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#978E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#978E6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E6A

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E6A	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	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)

#958C68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.052 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6af95',
    500: '#978e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e6a;
$custom-light: #b6af95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 17.787,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6452,
    "c": 0.05171,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E6A

secondary

#A4A8B8

accent

#7DBA6D

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F1

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E6A

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