#978B1B#978B1B

#978B1B 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	#978B1B
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 27)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(54, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, -7.61, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 56.47, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0275 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.124 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1940, 25.1247, 4.7172)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B1B #1B2797

analogous

#974D1B #978B1B #65971B

triadic

#978B1B #1B978B #8B1B97

tetradic

#978B1B #1B974D #1B2797 #971B65

square

#978B1B #1B974D #1B2797 #971B65

split-complementary

#978B1B #1B6597 #4D1B97

monochromatic

#2F2B08 #635B12 #978B1B #CBBB24 #DFD14D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#978B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#978B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B1B

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B1B	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: #978b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.124 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac63',
    500: '#978b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b1b;
$custom-light: #b9ac63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62841,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B1B

secondary

#4C58C1

accent

#4CEC3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B1B

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