#978B29#978B29

#978B29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.116 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B29
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 72.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, -7.01, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 51.64, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0245 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.116 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3963, 25.2056, 5.7829)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B29 #293597

analogous

#975429 #978B29 #6C9729

triadic

#978B29 #29978B #8B2997

tetradic

#978B29 #299754 #293597 #97296C

square

#978B29 #299754 #293597 #97296C

split-complementary

#978B29 #296C97 #542997

monochromatic

#37320F #675F1C #978B29 #C7B736 #D5C965

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#978B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#978B29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B29

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B29	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)

#988719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.116 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ac6a',
    500: '#978b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b29;
$custom-light: #b9ac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62929,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B29

secondary

#616ABB

accent

#58E147

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B29

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

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