#978D29#978D29

#978D29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.118 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978D29
RGB	rgb(151, 141, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 72.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -8.10, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 52.34, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0275 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.118 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6886, 25.7901, 5.8803)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978D29 #293397

analogous

#975629 #978D29 #6A9729

triadic

#978D29 #29978D #8D2997

tetradic

#978D29 #299756 #293397 #97296A

square

#978D29 #299756 #293397 #97296A

split-complementary

#978D29 #296A97 #562997

monochromatic

#37330F #67601C #978D29 #C7BA36 #D5CB65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#978D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#978D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978D29

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978D29	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)

#9A8818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 141, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.118 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae6a',
    500: '#978d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978d29;
$custom-light: #b9ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63376,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978D29

secondary

#6169BB

accent

#55E147

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978D29

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

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