#978A24#978A24

#978A24 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.118 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A24
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 36)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 76.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, -6.71, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 53.18, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0241 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.118 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1704, 24.8846, 5.3041)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A24 #243197

analogous

#975124 #978A24 #6B9724

triadic

#978A24 #24978A #8A2497

tetradic

#978A24 #249751 #243197 #97246B

square

#978A24 #249751 #243197 #97246B

split-complementary

#978A24 #246B97 #512497

monochromatic

#34300C #665D18 #978A24 #C8B730 #D8CA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#978A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#978A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A24

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A24	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)

#978610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.118 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab67',
    500: '#978a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a24;
$custom-light: #b9ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.217,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62671,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A24

secondary

#5A65BD

accent

#55E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A24

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

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