#978E72#978E72

#978E72 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.041 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E72
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 114)
HSL	hsl(45, 15%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 25%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 24.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -1.36, 16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 16.21, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0017 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.041 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4728, 27.1408, 19.8132)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E72 #727B97

analogous

#977C72 #978E72 #8E9772

triadic

#978E72 #72978E #8E7297

tetradic

#978E72 #72977C #727B97 #97728E

square

#978E72 #72977C #727B97 #97728E

split-complementary

#978E72 #728E97 #7C7297

monochromatic

#524D3D #756E57 #978E72 #B1AA95 #CBC6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#978E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#978E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E72

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E72	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.041 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6af9a',
    500: '#978e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e72;
$custom-light: #b6af9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 15.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.647,
    "c": 0.04122,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E72

secondary

#AAAEBA

accent

#81B870

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100E

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E72

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

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