#978B27#978B27

#978B27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.117 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B27
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 74.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, -7.11, 51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 52.41, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.025 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.117 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3623, 25.1920, 5.6037)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B27 #273397

analogous

#975327 #978B27 #6B9727

triadic

#978B27 #27978B #8B2797

tetradic

#978B27 #279753 #273397 #97276B

square

#978B27 #279753 #273397 #97276B

split-complementary

#978B27 #276B97 #532797

monochromatic

#36310E #665E1A #978B27 #C8B834 #D6CA62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#978B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#978B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B27

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B27	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.117 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac69',
    500: '#978b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b27;
$custom-light: #b9ac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62914,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B27

secondary

#5E68BC

accent

#56E246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B27

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

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