#978923#978923

#978923 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.118 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978923
RGB	rgb(151, 137, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -6.21, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 53.21, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0228 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.118 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0126, 24.5930, 5.1772)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978923 #233197

analogous

#974F23 #978923 #6B9723

triadic

#978923 #239789 #892397

tetradic

#978923 #23974F #233197 #97236B

square

#978923 #23974F #233197 #97236B

split-complementary

#978923 #236B97 #4F2397

monochromatic

#342F0C #655C17 #978923 #C9B62F #D9CA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#978923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#978923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978923

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978923	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96850E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 137, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.118 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab66',
    500: '#978923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978923;
$custom-light: #b9ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62441,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978923

secondary

#5864BE

accent

#56E542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978923

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

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