#978E1C#978E1C

#978E1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.126 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E1C
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 28)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 81.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -9.20, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 57.15, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0319 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.126 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6461, 26.0101, 4.9260)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E1C #1C2597

analogous

#97511C #978E1C #62971C

triadic

#978E1C #1C978E #8E1C97

tetradic

#978E1C #1C9751 #1C2597 #971C62

square

#978E1C #1C9751 #1C2597 #971C62

split-complementary

#978E1C #1C6297 #511C97

monochromatic

#302D09 #635D12 #978E1C #CBBF26 #DED44F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#978E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#978E1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E1C

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E1C	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)

#9E8E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.126 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae64',
    500: '#978e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e1c;
$custom-light: #b9ae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63519,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E1C

secondary

#4E56C1

accent

#49EC3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E1C

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