#978F2F#978F2F

#978F2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.116 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978F2F
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 47)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 68.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -8.85, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 50.67, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.029 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.116 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0990, 26.4303, 6.5736)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978F2F #2F3797

analogous

#975B2F #978F2F #6B972F

triadic

#978F2F #2F978F #8F2F97

tetradic

#978F2F #2F975B #2F3797 #972F6B

square

#978F2F #2F975B #2F3797 #972F6B

split-complementary

#978F2F #2F6B97 #5B2F97

monochromatic

#3A3712 #686320 #978F2F #C3B940 #D2CA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#978F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#978F2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978F2F

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978F2F	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.116 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9af6d',
    500: '#978f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978f2f;
$custom-light: #b9af6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 52.525,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63871,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978F2F

secondary

#686FB9

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978F2F

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