#978F2D#978F2D

#978F2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.117 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978F2D
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 70.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -8.97, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 51.49, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0296 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.117 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0595, 26.4146, 6.3660)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978F2D #2D3597

analogous

#975A2D #978F2D #6A972D

triadic

#978F2D #2D978F #8F2D97

tetradic

#978F2D #2D975A #2D3597 #972D6A

square

#978F2D #2D975A #2D3597 #972D6A

split-complementary

#978F2D #2D6A97 #5A2D97

monochromatic

#393611 #68621F #978F2D #C5BB3C #D3CB6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#978F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#978F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978F2D

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978F2D	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)

#9C8A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.117 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9af6c',
    500: '#978f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978f2d;
$custom-light: #b9af6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 54.082,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63855,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978F2D

secondary

#666CBA

accent

#55DD4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978F2D

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