#978927#978927

#978927 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.116 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978927
RGB	rgb(151, 137, 39)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 74.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, -6.02, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 51.73, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0219 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.116 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0754, 24.6181, 5.5080)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978927 #273597

analogous

#975127 #978927 #6D9727

triadic

#978927 #279789 #892797

tetradic

#978927 #279751 #273597 #97276D

square

#978927 #279751 #273597 #97276D

split-complementary

#978927 #276D97 #512797

monochromatic

#36310E #665D1A #978927 #C8B534 #D6C862

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#978927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#978927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978927

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978927	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)

#968516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 137, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.116 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab68',
    500: '#978927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978927;
$custom-light: #b9ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62469,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978927

secondary

#5E6ABC

accent

#59E246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978927

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

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