#978F37#978F37

#978F37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.109 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978F37
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 63.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -8.35, 46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 47.21, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0267 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.109 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2754, 26.5009, 7.5028)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978F37 #373F97

analogous

#975F37 #978F37 #6F9737

triadic

#978F37 #37978F #8F3797

tetradic

#978F37 #37975F #373F97 #97376F

square

#978F37 #37975F #373F97 #97376F

split-complementary

#978F37 #376F97 #5F3797

monochromatic

#3D3A16 #6A6527 #978F37 #BEB54D #CFC77A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#978F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#978F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978F37

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978F37	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)

#9B8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2867C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.109 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8af72',
    500: '#978f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978f37;
$custom-light: #b8af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63945,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978F37

secondary

#7278B8

accent

#5DD652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978F37

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

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