#978B20#978B20

#978B20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.122 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B20
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 32)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 78.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, -7.42, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 54.90, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.0265 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.122 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2569, 25.1498, 5.0483)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B20 #202C97

analogous

#975020 #978B20 #679720

triadic

#978B20 #20978B #8B2097

tetradic

#978B20 #209750 #202C97 #972067

square

#978B20 #209750 #202C97 #972067

split-complementary

#978B20 #206797 #502097

monochromatic

#322E0B #645D15 #978B20 #C9B92B #DBCE56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#978B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#978B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B20

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B20	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)

#988605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.122 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac65',
    500: '#978b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b20;
$custom-light: #b9ac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.95,
    "s": 65.027,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62869,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B20

secondary

#545FBF

accent

#51E840

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B20

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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