#978D1A#978D1A

#978D1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.126 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D1A
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 26)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 82.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -8.72, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 57.40, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0307 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.126 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4749, 25.7046, 4.7547)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D1A #1A2497

analogous

#974F1A #978D1A #63971A

triadic

#978D1A #1A978D #8D1A97

tetradic

#978D1A #1A974F #1A2497 #971A63

square

#978D1A #1A974F #1A2497 #971A63

split-complementary

#978D1A #1A6397 #4F1A97

monochromatic

#2F2B08 #635C11 #978D1A #CBBE23 #E0D44B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#978D1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#978D1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D1A

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D1A	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.126 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae63',
    500: '#978d1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d1a;
$custom-light: #b9ae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63285,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D1A

secondary

#4B54C2

accent

#49ED3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D1A

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