#978A22#978A22

#978A22 is a light, moderate 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	#978A22
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, -6.80, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 53.89, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0246 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.12 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1407, 24.8728, 5.1477)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A22 #222F97

analogous

#975022 #978A22 #6A9722

triadic

#978A22 #22978A #8A2297

tetradic

#978A22 #229750 #222F97 #97226A

square

#978A22 #229750 #222F97 #97226A

split-complementary

#978A22 #226A97 #502297

monochromatic

#332F0C #655C17 #978A22 #C9B82D #DACC5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#978A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#978A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A22

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A22	1.00	3.51	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.51	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)

#97860B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.120 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab66',
    500: '#978a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a22;
$custom-light: #b9ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62658,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A22

secondary

#5762BE

accent

#54E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A22

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

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