#978D28#978D28

#978D28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.119 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D28
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 40)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 73.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -8.15, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 52.72, 98.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0278 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.119 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6714, 25.7832, 5.7895)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D28 #283297

analogous

#975628 #978D28 #699728

triadic

#978D28 #28978D #8D2897

tetradic

#978D28 #289756 #283297 #972869

square

#978D28 #289756 #283297 #972869

split-complementary

#978D28 #286997 #562897

monochromatic

#36330E #67601B #978D28 #C7BA35 #D6CC64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#978D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#978D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D28

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D28	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.119 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae69',
    500: '#978d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d28;
$custom-light: #b9ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63368,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D28

secondary

#5F68BC

accent

#54E146

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D28

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

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