#978B1F#978B1F

#978B1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.122 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B1F
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 31)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 79.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, -7.46, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 55.23, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0267 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.122 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2435, 25.1445, 4.9778)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B1F #1F2B97

analogous

#974F1F #978B1F #67971F

triadic

#978B1F #1F978B #8B1F97

tetradic

#978B1F #1F974F #1F2B97 #971F67

square

#978B1F #1F974F #1F2B97 #971F67

split-complementary

#978B1F #1F6797 #4F1F97

monochromatic

#312E0A #645C15 #978B1F #CABA29 #DCCE54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#978B1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#978B1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B1F

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B1F	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)

#988603

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.122 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac65',
    500: '#978b1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b1f;
$custom-light: #b9ac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 65.934,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62863,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B1F

secondary

#525DBF

accent

#50E93F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B1F

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