#978747

sRGB · 151 / 135 / 71

#978747 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 151 red, 135 green and 71 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 48.0° lands in the yellow region. Its 36.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 43.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.87:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 151, 135, 71
HSL: 48.00°, 36.04%, 43.53%
HSV / HSB: 48.00°, 52.98%, 59.22%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 10.60%, 52.98%, 40.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 22.563, 24.363, 9.475
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 56.449, -2.687, 36.289
WCAG relative luminance: 0.24362
24-bit decimal: 9930567

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #978747 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 5.87:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.58:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#475797 sits half a turn (180°) from #978747 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#978747 #475797

Analogous

#975F47 and #7F9747 sit 30° to either side of #978747. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#975F47 #978747 #7F9747

Triadic

#978747, #479787 and #874797 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#978747 #479787 #874797

Split complementary

Start at #978747 and look across the wheel. #477F97 and #5F4797 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#978747 #477F97 #5F4797

Square

Starting with #978747, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #47975F, #475797, then #97477F. Across the square, #978747 pairs with #475797, and #47975F with #97477F.

#978747 #47975F #475797 #97477F

Tetradic

#978747 and #475797 are opposites, as are #579747 and #874797. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#978747 #579747 #475797 #874797

Tints

Mixing #978747 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AC9F6C, keeps 80% of the original. By #EAE7DA, the mixture is 80% white.

#978747 #AC9F6C #C1B791 #D5CFB5 #EAE7DA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #978747 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #796C39, keeps 80% of the original. By #1E1B0E, the mixture is 80% black.

#978747 #796C39 #5B512B #3C361C #1E1B0E #000000

Tones

Mixing #978747 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #928652, keeps 80% of the original. By #858175, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#978747 #928652 #8E845E #898369 #858175 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#978747

RGB

rgb(151 135 71)

HSL

hsl(48.000 36.036% 43.529%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #978747;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#978747 uses 151 red, 135 green and 71 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 59.2%

Green 52.9%

Blue 27.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #978747 is 0.0% cyan, 10.6% magenta, 53.0% yellow and 40.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 10.6%

Yellow 53.0%

Black 40.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #998844. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #984 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #978747 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #999933, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #998844 Nearest web-safe · #999933

Gradient to complement

#978747 #8A7F54 #7C7762 #6F6F6F #62677C #545F8A #475797

Color vision previews

Compare how #978747 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#928441

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#978A4A

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#A17F78

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#948644

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#968848

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#99855D

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#878787

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#8F876D

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.30947 G 0.24228 B 0.06301

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.58164 G 0.53165 B 0.31369

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.29754 G 0.24451 B 0.08020

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.400 y 0.432 Y 24.363

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 40.784 M % 47.059 Y % 72.157

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10010111 10000111 01000111