#978C1B#978C1B

#978C1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.125 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C1B
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 27)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -8.15, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 56.79, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.029 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.125 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3395, 25.4156, 4.7657)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C1B #1B2697

analogous

#974E1B #978C1B #64971B

triadic

#978C1B #1B978C #8C1B97

tetradic

#978C1B #1B974E #1B2697 #971B64

square

#978C1B #1B974E #1B2697 #971B64

split-complementary

#978C1B #1B6497 #4E1B97

monochromatic

#2F2C08 #635C12 #978C1B #CBBC24 #DFD24D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#978C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#978C1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C1B

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C1B	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)

#9D8C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.125 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ad63',
    500: '#978c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c1b;
$custom-light: #b9ad63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63065,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C1B

secondary

#4C57C1

accent

#4BEC3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C1B

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