#978B23#978B23

#978B23 is a light, moderate 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	#978B23
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, -7.30, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 53.87, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0259 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.12 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2995, 25.1669, 5.2729)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B23 #232F97

analogous

#975123 #978B23 #699723

triadic

#978B23 #23978B #8B2397

tetradic

#978B23 #239751 #232F97 #972369

square

#978B23 #239751 #232F97 #972369

split-complementary

#978B23 #236997 #512397

monochromatic

#34300C #655D17 #978B23 #C9B92F #D9CC5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#978B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#978B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B23

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B23	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)

#98860D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.120 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac67',
    500: '#978b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b23;
$custom-light: #b9ac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62887,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B23

secondary

#5863BE

accent

#53E542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B23

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

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