#978A29#978A29

#978A29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.115 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978A29
RGB	rgb(151, 138, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 72.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, -6.47, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 51.29, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.0229 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.115 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2522, 24.9173, 5.7348)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978A29 #293697

analogous

#975329 #978A29 #6D9729

triadic

#978A29 #29978A #8A2997

tetradic

#978A29 #299753 #293697 #97296D

square

#978A29 #299753 #293697 #97296D

split-complementary

#978A29 #296D97 #532997

monochromatic

#37320F #675E1C #978A29 #C7B636 #D5C865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#978A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#978A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978A29

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978A29	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)

#978619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 138, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.115 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab69',
    500: '#978a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978a29;
$custom-light: #b9ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62706,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978A29

secondary

#616BBB

accent

#59E147

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978A29

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

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