#979438#979438

#979438 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.114 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979438
RGB	rgb(151, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 62.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -10.96, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 48.79, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.034 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.114 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0670, 28.0454, 7.8862)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979438 #383B97

analogous

#976438 #979438 #6A9738

triadic

#979438 #389794 #943897

tetradic

#979438 #389764 #383B97 #97386A

square

#979438 #389764 #383B97 #97386A

split-complementary

#979438 #386A97 #643897

monochromatic

#3E3C17 #6A6827 #979438 #BEBA4F #CECC7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#979438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#979438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979438

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979438	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.114 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b373',
    500: '#979438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979438;
$custom-light: #b8b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.105,
    "s": 45.894,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65079,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979438

secondary

#7376B7

accent

#56D652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F5ED

border

#D0CFC8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #979438

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

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