#978F2C#978F2C

#978F2C 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	#978F2C
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 70.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -9.02, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 51.89, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0298 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.118 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0405, 26.4070, 6.2658)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978F2C #2C3497

analogous

#97592C #978F2C #69972C

triadic

#978F2C #2C978F #8F2C97

tetradic

#978F2C #2C9759 #2C3497 #972C69

square

#978F2C #2C9759 #2C3497 #972C69

split-complementary

#978F2C #2C6997 #592C97

monochromatic

#383510 #68621E #978F2C #C6BB3A #D4CC6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#978F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#978F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978F2C

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978F2C	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)

#9C8A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.118 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9af6c',
    500: '#978f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978f2c;
$custom-light: #b9af6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63847,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978F2C

secondary

#656BBA

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978F2C

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