#978F2E#978F2E

#978F2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.116 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978F2E
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 69.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -8.91, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 51.08, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0293 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.116 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0790, 26.4224, 6.4686)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978F2E #2E3697

analogous

#975A2E #978F2E #6A972E

triadic

#978F2E #2E978F #8F2E97

tetradic

#978F2E #2E975A #2E3697 #972E6A

square

#978F2E #2E975A #2E3697 #972E6A

split-complementary

#978F2E #2E6A97 #5A2E97

monochromatic

#393611 #686320 #978F2E #C4BA3E #D2CB6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#978F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#978F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978F2E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978F2E	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)

#9C8A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.116 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9af6d',
    500: '#978f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978f2e;
$custom-light: #b9af6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.429,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63863,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978F2E

secondary

#676DBA

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978F2E

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