#978E1A#978E1A

#978E1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.127 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E1A
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 26)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 82.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -9.26, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 57.73, 99.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0322 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.127 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6230, 26.0008, 4.8041)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E1A #1A2397

analogous

#97501A #978E1A #62971A

triadic

#978E1A #1A978E #8E1A97

tetradic

#978E1A #1A9750 #1A2397 #971A62

square

#978E1A #1A9750 #1A2397 #971A62

split-complementary

#978E1A #1A6297 #501A97

monochromatic

#2F2C08 #635D11 #978E1A #CBBF23 #E0D54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#978E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#978E1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E1A

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E1A	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.127 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae63',
    500: '#978e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e1a;
$custom-light: #b9ae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63509,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E1A

secondary

#4B53C2

accent

#47ED3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E1A

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