#978F2A#978F2A

#978F2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.119 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978F2A
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 72.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -9.13, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 52.67, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0303 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.119 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0038, 26.3923, 6.0725)
Luminance	0.2639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978F2A #2A3297

analogous

#97582A #978F2A #69972A

triadic

#978F2A #2A978F #8F2A97

tetradic

#978F2A #2A9758 #2A3297 #972A69

square

#978F2A #2A9758 #2A3297 #972A69

split-complementary

#978F2A #2A6997 #582A97

monochromatic

#37340F #67621D #978F2A #C7BC37 #D5CD67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#978F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#978F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978F2A

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978F2A	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.119 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9af6b',
    500: '#978f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978f2a;
$custom-light: #b9af6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.596,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63831,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978F2A

secondary

#6268BB

accent

#53E048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

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