#978821#978821

#978821 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.118 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978821
RGB	rgb(151, 136, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 78.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -5.75, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 53.60, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0217 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.118 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8422, 24.2985, 4.9781)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978821 #213097

analogous

#974D21 #978821 #6B9721

triadic

#978821 #219788 #882197

tetradic

#978821 #21974D #213097 #97216B

square

#978821 #21974D #213097 #97216B

split-complementary

#978821 #216B97 #4D2197

monochromatic

#332E0B #655B16 #978821 #C9B52C #DACA58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#978821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#978821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978821

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978821	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 136, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.118 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9aa65',
    500: '#978821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978821;
$custom-light: #b9aa65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62207,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978821

secondary

#5563BE

accent

#56E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978821

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

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