#978E1E#978E1E

#978E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.125 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E1E
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 30)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 80.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -9.12, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 56.54, 99.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0315 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.125 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6709, 26.0200, 5.0562)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E1E #1E2797

analogous

#97511E #978E1E #63971E

triadic

#978E1E #1E978E #8E1E97

tetradic

#978E1E #1E9751 #1E2797 #971E63

square

#978E1E #1E9751 #1E2797 #971E63

split-complementary

#978E1E #1E6397 #511E97

monochromatic

#312E0A #645E14 #978E1E #CABE28 #DDD253

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#978E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#978E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E1E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E1E	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)

#9E8E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.125 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae65',
    500: '#978e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e1e;
$custom-light: #b9ae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6353,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E1E

secondary

#5159C0

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E1E

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