#978A21#978A21

#978A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.120 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A21
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 78.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, -6.84, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 54.24, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.0248 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.12 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1265, 24.8671, 5.0729)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A21 #212E97

analogous

#974F21 #978A21 #699721

triadic

#978A21 #21978A #8A2197

tetradic

#978A21 #21974F #212E97 #972169

square

#978A21 #21974F #212E97 #972169

split-complementary

#978A21 #216997 #4F2197

monochromatic

#332E0B #655C16 #978A21 #C9B82C #DACC58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#978A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#978A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A21

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A21	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)

#978608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.120 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab65',
    500: '#978a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a21;
$custom-light: #b9ab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62651,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A21

secondary

#5561BE

accent

#53E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A21

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

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