#978E6F#978E6F

#978E6F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.045 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E6F
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 111)
HSL	hsl(47, 16%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 26%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 26.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -1.80, 17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 17.85, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.003 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.045 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3048, 27.0736, 18.9286)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E6F #6F7897

analogous

#977A6F #978E6F #8C976F

triadic

#978E6F #6F978E #8E6F97

tetradic

#978E6F #6F977A #6F7897 #976F8C

square

#978E6F #6F977A #6F7897 #976F8C

split-complementary

#978E6F #6F8C97 #7A6F97

monochromatic

#514C3B #756D54 #978E6F #B1AA93 #CAC6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#978E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#978E6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E6F

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E6F	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#958C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D8986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.045 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6af98',
    500: '#978e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e6f;
$custom-light: #b6af98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64631,
    "c": 0.04518,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E6F

secondary

#A8ACBA

accent

#80B96F

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100D

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E6F

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