#978D1F#978D1F

#978D1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.124 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D1F
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 31)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 79.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -8.55, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 55.88, 98.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0298 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.124 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5357, 25.7289, 5.0752)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D1F #1F2997

analogous

#97511F #978D1F #65971F

triadic

#978D1F #1F978D #8D1F97

tetradic

#978D1F #1F9751 #1F2997 #971F65

square

#978D1F #1F9751 #1F2997 #971F65

split-complementary

#978D1F #1F6597 #511F97

monochromatic

#312E0A #645E15 #978D1F #CABC29 #DCD154

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#978D1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#978D1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D1F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D1F	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8801

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.124 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae65',
    500: '#978d1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d1f;
$custom-light: #b9ae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 65.934,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63311,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D1F

secondary

#525BBF

accent

#4DE93F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D1F

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