#978E1F#978E1F

#978E1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.125 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E1F
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 31)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 79.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -9.08, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 56.22, 99.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0313 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.125 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6838, 26.0252, 5.1246)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E1F #1F2897

analogous

#97521F #978E1F #64971F

triadic

#978E1F #1F978E #8E1F97

tetradic

#978E1F #1F9752 #1F2897 #971F64

square

#978E1F #1F9752 #1F2897 #971F64

split-complementary

#978E1F #1F6497 #521F97

monochromatic

#312E0A #645E15 #978E1F #CABE29 #DCD254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#978E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#978E1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E1F

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E1F	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	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)

#9B8901

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A38479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.125 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae65',
    500: '#978e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e1f;
$custom-light: #b9ae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 65.934,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63535,
    "c": 0.1247,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E1F

secondary

#525BBF

accent

#4CE93F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E1F

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