#978C1A#978C1A

#978C1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.125 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C1A
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 26)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 82.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -8.18, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 57.08, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0292 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.125 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3281, 25.4110, 4.7058)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C1A #1A2597

analogous

#974E1A #978C1A #64971A

triadic

#978C1A #1A978C #8C1A97

tetradic

#978C1A #1A974E #1A2597 #971A64

square

#978C1A #1A974E #1A2597 #971A64

split-complementary

#978C1A #1A6497 #4E1A97

monochromatic

#2F2B08 #635C11 #978C1A #CBBC23 #E0D34B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#978C1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#978C1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C1A

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C1A	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.125 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ad63',
    500: '#978c1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c1a;
$custom-light: #b9ad63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6306,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C1A

secondary

#4B55C2

accent

#4AED3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C1A

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