#978C22#978C22

#978C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.121 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C22
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 34)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -7.88, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 54.55, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0276 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.121 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4303, 25.4519, 5.2443)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C22 #222D97

analogous

#975222 #978C22 #689722

triadic

#978C22 #22978C #8C2297

tetradic

#978C22 #229752 #222D97 #972268

square

#978C22 #229752 #222D97 #972268

split-complementary

#978C22 #226897 #522297

monochromatic

#332F0C #655E17 #978C22 #C9BA2D #DACE5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#978C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#978C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C22

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C22	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)

#99870A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.121 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ad66',
    500: '#978c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c22;
$custom-light: #b9ad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63104,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C22

secondary

#5760BE

accent

#51E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C22

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

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