#978D1B#978D1B

#978D1B 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	#978D1B
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 27)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -8.69, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 57.11, 98.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0305 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.126 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4862, 25.7091, 4.8146)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D1B #1B2597

analogous

#974F1B #978D1B #63971B

triadic

#978D1B #1B978D #8D1B97

tetradic

#978D1B #1B974F #1B2597 #971B63

square

#978D1B #1B974F #1B2597 #971B63

split-complementary

#978D1B #1B6397 #4F1B97

monochromatic

#2F2C08 #635D12 #978D1B #CBBD24 #DFD34D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#978D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#978D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D1B

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D1B	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)

#9E8D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.126 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae63',
    500: '#978d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d1b;
$custom-light: #b9ae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6329,
    "c": 0.12575,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D1B

secondary

#4C56C1

accent

#4AEC3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D1B

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

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