#978C27#978C27

#978C27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.118 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C27
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 39)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 74.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -7.66, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 52.75, 98.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0265 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.118 103)
XYZ	xyz(22.5078, 25.4829, 5.6522)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C27 #273297

analogous

#975427 #978C27 #6A9727

triadic

#978C27 #27978C #8C2797

tetradic

#978C27 #279754 #273297 #97276A

square

#978C27 #279754 #273297 #97276A

split-complementary

#978C27 #276A97 #542797

monochromatic

#36320E #665F1A #978C27 #C8B934 #D6CB62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#978C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#978C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C27

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C27	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.118 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ad69',
    500: '#978c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c27;
$custom-light: #b9ad69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.107,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63137,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.25482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C27

secondary

#5E67BC

accent

#55E246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C27

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

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