#978F2B#978F2B

#978F2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.118 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978F2B
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 71.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -9.07, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 52.28, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0301 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.118 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0219, 26.3995, 6.1680)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978F2B #2B3397

analogous

#97592B #978F2B #69972B

triadic

#978F2B #2B978F #8F2B97

tetradic

#978F2B #2B9759 #2B3397 #972B69

square

#978F2B #2B9759 #2B3397 #972B69

split-complementary

#978F2B #2B6997 #592B97

monochromatic

#383510 #67621D #978F2B #C7BC39 #D4CC68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#978F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#978F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978F2B

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978F2B	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)

#9C8A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.118 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9af6b',
    500: '#978f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978f2b;
$custom-light: #b9af6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63839,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978F2B

secondary

#636ABB

accent

#54DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

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