#978B33#978B33

#978B33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.109 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978B33
RGB	rgb(151, 139, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 66.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -6.44, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 47.47, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0217 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.109 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5936, 25.2845, 6.8216)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978B33 #333F97

analogous

#975933 #978B33 #719733

triadic

#978B33 #33978B #8B3397

tetradic

#978B33 #339759 #333F97 #973371

square

#978B33 #339759 #333F97 #973371

split-complementary

#978B33 #337197 #593397

monochromatic

#3C3714 #696124 #978B33 #C1B247 #D0C574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#978B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#978B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978B33

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978B33	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 139, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.109 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac6f',
    500: '#978b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978b33;
$custom-light: #b8ac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 49.505,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63014,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978B33

secondary

#6D76B8

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #978B33

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

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