#978C1D#978C1D

#978C1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.124 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C1D
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 29)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 80.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, -8.08, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 56.19, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0287 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.124 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3634, 25.4252, 4.8917)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C1D #1D2897

analogous

#974F1D #978C1D #65971D

triadic

#978C1D #1D978C #8C1D97

tetradic

#978C1D #1D974F #1D2897 #971D65

square

#978C1D #1D974F #1D2897 #971D65

split-complementary

#978C1D #1D6597 #4F1D97

monochromatic

#302D09 #645C13 #978C1D #CABC27 #DED151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#978C1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#978C1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C1D

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C1D	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)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.124 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ad64',
    500: '#978c1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c1d;
$custom-light: #b9ad64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 67.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63076,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C1D

secondary

#4F5AC0

accent

#4DEB3D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C1D

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

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