#978B22#978B22

#978B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.120 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B22
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -7.34, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 54.22, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0261 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.12 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2849, 25.1610, 5.1958)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B22 #222E97

analogous

#975122 #978B22 #699722

triadic

#978B22 #22978B #8B2297

tetradic

#978B22 #229751 #222E97 #972269

square

#978B22 #229751 #222E97 #972269

split-complementary

#978B22 #226997 #512297

monochromatic

#332F0C #655D17 #978B22 #C9B92D #DACD5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#978B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#978B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B22

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B22	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)

#98860B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.120 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac66',
    500: '#978b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b22;
$custom-light: #b9ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62881,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B22

secondary

#5761BE

accent

#52E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B22

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

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