#978E73#978E73

#978E73 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.040 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E73
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 15%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 24%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 23.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -1.21, 15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 15.67, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% -0.0012 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.04 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5300, 27.1637, 20.1146)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E73 #737C97

analogous

#977C73 #978E73 #8E9773

triadic

#978E73 #73978E #8E7397

tetradic

#978E73 #73977C #737C97 #97738E

square

#978E73 #73977C #737C97 #97738E

split-complementary

#978E73 #738E97 #7C7397

monochromatic

#524D3D #766E57 #978E73 #B1AA96 #CBC7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#978E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#978E73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E73

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E73	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#948D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D8A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.040 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6af9b',
    500: '#978e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e73;
$custom-light: #b6af9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 14.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64724,
    "c": 0.03991,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E73

secondary

#ABAFBB

accent

#82B870

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F6F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#11100E

muted

#807F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E73

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →