#978A1E#978A1E

#978A1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.122 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A1E
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 30)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 80.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, -6.96, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 55.23, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0254 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.122 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0864, 24.8510, 4.8614)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A1E #1E2B97

analogous

#974E1E #978A1E #67971E

triadic

#978A1E #1E978A #8A1E97

tetradic

#978A1E #1E974E #1E2B97 #971E67

square

#978A1E #1E974E #1E2B97 #971E67

split-complementary

#978A1E #1E6797 #4E1E97

monochromatic

#312D0A #645B14 #978A1E #CAB928 #DDCE53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#978A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#978A1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A1E

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A1E	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.122 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab64',
    500: '#978a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a1e;
$custom-light: #b9ab64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.554,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62634,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A1E

secondary

#515DC0

accent

#50EA3E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A1E

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