#978C29#978C29

#978C29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.117 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978C29
RGB	rgb(151, 140, 41)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 72.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, -7.56, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 51.99, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.026 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.117 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5418, 25.4965, 5.8313)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978C29 #293497

analogous

#975529 #978C29 #6B9729

triadic

#978C29 #29978C #8C2997

tetradic

#978C29 #299755 #293497 #97296B

square

#978C29 #299755 #293497 #97296B

split-complementary

#978C29 #296B97 #552997

monochromatic

#37330F #675F1C #978C29 #C7B936 #D5CA65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#978C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#978C29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978C29

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978C29	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)

#998719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 140, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.117 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ad6a',
    500: '#978c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978c29;
$custom-light: #b9ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63152,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978C29

secondary

#616ABB

accent

#57E147

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978C29

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

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