#978B1E#978B1E

#978B1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.123 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B1E
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 30)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 80.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, -7.50, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 55.55, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0269 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.123 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2305, 25.1393, 4.9094)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B1E #1E2A97

analogous

#974F1E #978B1E #66971E

triadic

#978B1E #1E978B #8B1E97

tetradic

#978B1E #1E974F #1E2A97 #971E66

square

#978B1E #1E974F #1E2A97 #971E66

split-complementary

#978B1E #1E6697 #4F1E97

monochromatic

#312D0A #645C14 #978B1E #CABA28 #DDCF53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#978B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#978B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B1E

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B1E	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	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)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.123 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac64',
    500: '#978b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b1e;
$custom-light: #b9ac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.05,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62857,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B1E

secondary

#515CC0

accent

#4FEA3E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B1E

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