#978F3D#978F3D

#978F3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.104 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978F3D
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 59.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -7.91, 43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 44.45, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0247 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.104 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4281, 26.5620, 8.3069)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978F3D #3D4597

analogous

#97623D #978F3D #72973D

triadic

#978F3D #3D978F #8F3D97

tetradic

#978F3D #3D9762 #3D4597 #973D72

square

#978F3D #3D9762 #3D4597 #973D72

split-complementary

#978F3D #3D7297 #623D97

monochromatic

#403C1A #6B662B #978F3D #BBB256 #CCC682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#978F3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#978F3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978F3D

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978F3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978F3D	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978f3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.104 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8af76',
    500: '#978f3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978f3d;
$custom-light: #b8af76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978f3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 42.453,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64009,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978F3D

secondary

#797FB7

accent

#61D256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978F3D

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