#978D23#978D23

#978D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.122 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D23
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -8.38, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 54.54, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.029 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.122 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5918, 25.7514, 5.3703)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D23 #232D97

analogous

#975323 #978D23 #679723

triadic

#978D23 #23978D #8D2397

tetradic

#978D23 #239753 #232D97 #972367

square

#978D23 #239753 #232D97 #972367

split-complementary

#978D23 #236797 #532397

monochromatic

#34300C #655F17 #978D23 #C9BB2F #D9CE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#978D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#978D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D23

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D23	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#9A880C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.122 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae67',
    500: '#978d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d23;
$custom-light: #b9ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63334,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D23

secondary

#5861BE

accent

#50E542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D23

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

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