#978B24#978B24

#978B24 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.119 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B24
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 36)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 76.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, -7.25, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 53.51, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0257 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.119 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3146, 25.1729, 5.3522)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B24 #243097

analogous

#975224 #978B24 #6A9724

triadic

#978B24 #24978B #8B2497

tetradic

#978B24 #249752 #243097 #97246A

square

#978B24 #249752 #243097 #97246A

split-complementary

#978B24 #246A97 #522497

monochromatic

#34300C #665E18 #978B24 #C8B830 #D8CC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#978B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#978B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B24

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B24	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)

#98860F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.119 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac67',
    500: '#978b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b24;
$custom-light: #b9ac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62894,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B24

secondary

#5A64BD

accent

#54E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B24

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

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