#978E1B#978E1B

#978E1B 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	#978E1B
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 27)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -9.23, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 57.44, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.032 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.127 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6344, 26.0054, 4.8640)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E1B #1B2497

analogous

#97501B #978E1B #62971B

triadic

#978E1B #1B978E #8E1B97

tetradic

#978E1B #1B9750 #1B2497 #971B62

square

#978E1B #1B9750 #1B2497 #971B62

split-complementary

#978E1B #1B6297 #501B97

monochromatic

#2F2C08 #635D12 #978E1B #CBBF24 #DFD54D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#978E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#978E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E1B

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E1B	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)

#9E8E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.127 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae63',
    500: '#978e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e1b;
$custom-light: #b9ae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63514,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E1B

secondary

#4C55C1

accent

#48EC3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E1B

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