#978F36#978F36

#978F36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.110 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978F36
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 64.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -8.41, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 47.66, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.027 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.11 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2517, 26.4914, 7.3779)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978F36 #363E97

analogous

#975F36 #978F36 #6E9736

triadic

#978F36 #36978F #8F3697

tetradic

#978F36 #36975F #363E97 #97366E

square

#978F36 #36975F #363E97 #97366E

split-complementary

#978F36 #366E97 #5F3697

monochromatic

#3D3A16 #6A6426 #978F36 #BFB54B #CFC878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#978F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#978F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978F36

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978F36	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2867C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.110 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8af71',
    500: '#978f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978f36;
$custom-light: #b8af71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.052,
    "s": 47.317,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63935,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978F36

secondary

#7177B8

accent

#5CD751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978F36

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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