#978B1A#978B1A

#978B1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.124 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B1A
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 26)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(54, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 82.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, -7.64, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 56.77, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0277 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.124 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1826, 25.1201, 4.6573)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B1A #1A2697

analogous

#974D1A #978B1A #65971A

triadic

#978B1A #1A978B #8B1A97

tetradic

#978B1A #1A974D #1A2697 #971A65

square

#978B1A #1A974D #1A2697 #971A65

split-complementary

#978B1A #1A6597 #4D1A97

monochromatic

#2F2B08 #635B11 #978B1A #CBBB23 #E0D24B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#978B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#978B1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B1A

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B1A	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.124 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac63',
    500: '#978b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b1a;
$custom-light: #b9ac63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62837,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B1A

secondary

#4B56C2

accent

#4CED3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B1A

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