#978B1C#978B1C

#978B1C 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 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B1C
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 28)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 81.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, -7.57, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 56.17, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0273 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.124 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2058, 25.1294, 4.7792)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B1C #1C2897

analogous

#974D1C #978B1C #66971C

triadic

#978B1C #1C978B #8B1C97

tetradic

#978B1C #1C974D #1C2897 #971C66

square

#978B1C #1C974D #1C2897 #971C66

split-complementary

#978B1C #1C6697 #4D1C97

monochromatic

#302C09 #635B12 #978B1C #CBBB26 #DED04F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#978B1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#978B1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B1C

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B1C	1.00	3.49	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.124 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac63',
    500: '#978b1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b1c;
$custom-light: #b9ac63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62847,
    "c": 0.12355,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B1C

secondary

#4E59C1

accent

#4DEC3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B1C

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