#978C21#978C21

#978C21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.122 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C21
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 78.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -7.92, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 54.89, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0279 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.122 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4161, 25.4462, 5.1694)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C21 #212C97

analogous

#975121 #978C21 #679721

triadic

#978C21 #21978C #8C2197

tetradic

#978C21 #219751 #212C97 #972167

square

#978C21 #219751 #212C97 #972167

split-complementary

#978C21 #216797 #512197

monochromatic

#332F0B #655D16 #978C21 #C9BB2C #DACE58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#978C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#978C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C21

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C21	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)

#998707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.122 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ad66',
    500: '#978c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c21;
$custom-light: #b9ad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63098,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C21

secondary

#555FBE

accent

#50E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C21

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

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