#978E6E#978E6E

#978E6E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.046 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E6E
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 110)
HSL	hsl(47, 16%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 27%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 27.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, -1.95, 18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 18.40, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0034 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.046 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2501, 27.0517, 18.6402)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E6E #6E7797

analogous

#97796E #978E6E #8B976E

triadic

#978E6E #6E978E #8E6E97

tetradic

#978E6E #6E9779 #6E7797 #976E8B

square

#978E6E #6E9779 #6E7797 #976E8B

split-complementary

#978E6E #6E8B97 #796E97

monochromatic

#514C3A #746D53 #978E6E #B1AA92 #CAC6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#978E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#978E6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E6E

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E6E	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.046 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6af97',
    500: '#978e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e6e;
$custom-light: #b6af97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 16.466,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64609,
    "c": 0.04649,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E6E

secondary

#A7ABB9

accent

#7FB96F

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E6E

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