#978C1E#978C1E

#978C1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.123 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C1E
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 30)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 80.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, -8.04, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 55.87, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.0285 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.123 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3760, 25.4302, 4.9579)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C1E #1E2997

analogous

#974F1E #978C1E #66971E

triadic

#978C1E #1E978C #8C1E97

tetradic

#978C1E #1E974F #1E2997 #971E66

square

#978C1E #1E974F #1E2997 #971E66

split-complementary

#978C1E #1E6697 #4F1E97

monochromatic

#312D0A #645D14 #978C1E #CABB28 #DDD053

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#978C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#978C1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C1E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C1E	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.123 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ad64',
    500: '#978c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c1e;
$custom-light: #b9ad64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63081,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C1E

secondary

#515BC0

accent

#4EEA3E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C1E

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