#978B21#978B21

#978B21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.121 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B21
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 78.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -7.38, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 54.56, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0263 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.121 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2707, 25.1553, 5.1209)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B21 #212D97

analogous

#975021 #978B21 #689721

triadic

#978B21 #21978B #8B2197

tetradic

#978B21 #219750 #212D97 #972168

square

#978B21 #219750 #212D97 #972168

split-complementary

#978B21 #216897 #502197

monochromatic

#332F0B #655D16 #978B21 #C9B92C #DACD58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#978B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#978B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B21

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B21	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)

#988608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.121 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac66',
    500: '#978b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b21;
$custom-light: #b9ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62875,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B21

secondary

#5560BE

accent

#52E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B21

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

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