#978A23#978A23

#978A23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.119 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A23
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, -6.75, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 53.54, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0244 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.119 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1554, 24.8786, 5.2248)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A23 #233097

analogous

#975023 #978A23 #6A9723

triadic

#978A23 #23978A #8A2397

tetradic

#978A23 #239750 #233097 #97236A

square

#978A23 #239750 #233097 #97236A

split-complementary

#978A23 #236A97 #502397

monochromatic

#342F0C #655D17 #978A23 #C9B72F #D9CB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#978A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#978A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A23

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A23	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97860E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.119 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab66',
    500: '#978a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a23;
$custom-light: #b9ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62664,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A23

secondary

#5864BE

accent

#55E542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A23

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

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