#978D21#978D21

#978D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.123 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D21
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 78.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -8.47, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 55.23, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0294 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.123 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5629, 25.7398, 5.2183)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D21 #212B97

analogous

#975221 #978D21 #669721

triadic

#978D21 #21978D #8D2197

tetradic

#978D21 #219752 #212B97 #972166

square

#978D21 #219752 #212B97 #972166

split-complementary

#978D21 #216697 #522197

monochromatic

#332F0B #655E16 #978D21 #C9BC2C #DACF58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#978D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#978D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D21

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D21	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)

#9A8807

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.123 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae66',
    500: '#978d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d21;
$custom-light: #b9ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63322,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D21

secondary

#555EBE

accent

#4FE741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D21

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

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