#978F4E#978F4E

#978F4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.087 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978F4E
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 48.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -6.41, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 36.02, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% -0.0185 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.087 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9607, 26.7750, 11.1122)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978F4E #4E5697

analogous

#976B4E #978F4E #7A974E

triadic

#978F4E #4E978F #8F4E97

tetradic

#978F4E #4E976B #4E5697 #974E7A

square

#978F4E #4E976B #4E5697 #974E7A

split-complementary

#978F4E #4E7A97 #6B4E97

monochromatic

#464324 #6F6939 #978F4E #B4AC6E #C9C396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#978F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#978F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978F4E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978F4E	1.00	3.30	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A08780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.087 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7af81',
    500: '#978f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978f4e;
$custom-light: #b7af81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.425,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64231,
    "c": 0.08675,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978F4E

secondary

#8B90B6

accent

#6BC860

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#11100A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #978F4E

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

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