#978A20#978A20

#978A20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.121 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A20
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 32)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 78.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, -6.88, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 54.57, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.025 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.121 102)
XYZ	xyz(22.1127, 24.8616, 5.0002)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A20 #202D97

analogous

#974E20 #978A20 #689720

triadic

#978A20 #20978A #8A2097

tetradic

#978A20 #20974E #202D97 #972068

square

#978A20 #20974E #202D97 #972068

split-complementary

#978A20 #206897 #4E2097

monochromatic

#322E0B #645C15 #978A20 #C9B82B #DBCD56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#978A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#978A20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A20

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A20	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)

#978606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.121 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab65',
    500: '#978a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a20;
$custom-light: #b9ab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 65.027,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62645,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.24861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A20

secondary

#5460BF

accent

#52E840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A20

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

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