#978C28#978C28

#978C28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.118 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C28
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 73.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -7.61, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 52.37, 98.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0263 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.118 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5246, 25.4896, 5.7406)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C28 #283397

analogous

#975428 #978C28 #6B9728

triadic

#978C28 #28978C #8C2897

tetradic

#978C28 #289754 #283397 #97286B

square

#978C28 #289754 #283397 #97286B

split-complementary

#978C28 #286B97 #542897

monochromatic

#36320E #675F1B #978C28 #C7B935 #D6CB64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#978C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#978C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C28

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C28	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)

#998717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.118 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ad69',
    500: '#978c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c28;
$custom-light: #b9ad69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.054,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63145,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C28

secondary

#5F68BC

accent

#56E146

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C28

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →