#978231#978231

#978231 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.103 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978231
RGB	rgb(151, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 67.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -1.60, 45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 45.30, 92.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.0081 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.103 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3005, 22.7674, 6.1777)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978231 #314697

analogous

#974F31 #978231 #799731

triadic

#978231 #319782 #823197

tetradic

#978231 #31974F #314697 #973179

square

#978231 #31974F #314697 #973179

split-complementary

#978231 #317997 #4F3197

monochromatic

#3B3213 #695A22 #978231 #C2A843 #D1BD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#978231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#978231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978231

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978231	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.103 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a66d',
    500: '#978231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978231;
$custom-light: #b9a66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 51,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61012,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978231

secondary

#6B7BB9

accent

#6ADA4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978231

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