#978C23#978C23

#978C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.121 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C23
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -7.84, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 54.20, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0274 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.121 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4450, 25.4578, 5.3214)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C23 #232E97

analogous

#975223 #978C23 #689723

triadic

#978C23 #23978C #8C2397

tetradic

#978C23 #239752 #232E97 #972368

square

#978C23 #239752 #232E97 #972368

split-complementary

#978C23 #236897 #522397

monochromatic

#34300C #655E17 #978C23 #C9BA2F #D9CD5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#978C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#978C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C23

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C23	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)

#99870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.121 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ad67',
    500: '#978c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c23;
$custom-light: #b9ad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63111,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C23

secondary

#5862BE

accent

#52E542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C23

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

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