#978A27#978A27

#978A27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.117 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A27
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 74.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, -6.57, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 52.07, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0234 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.117 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2182, 24.9037, 5.5556)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A27 #273497

analogous

#975227 #978A27 #6C9727

triadic

#978A27 #27978A #8A2797

tetradic

#978A27 #279752 #273497 #97276C

square

#978A27 #279752 #273497 #97276C

split-complementary

#978A27 #276C97 #522797

monochromatic

#36310E #665E1A #978A27 #C8B634 #D6C962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#978A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#978A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A27

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A27	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)

#978616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.117 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab68',
    500: '#978a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a27;
$custom-light: #b9ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62691,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A27

secondary

#5E69BC

accent

#58E246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A27

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

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