#978E21#978E21

#978E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.124 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E21
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 78.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -9.01, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 55.57, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0309 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.124 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7110, 26.0360, 5.2677)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E21 #212A97

analogous

#975321 #978E21 #659721

triadic

#978E21 #21978E #8E2197

tetradic

#978E21 #219753 #212A97 #972165

square

#978E21 #219753 #212A97 #972165

split-complementary

#978E21 #216597 #532197

monochromatic

#33300B #655F16 #978E21 #C9BD2C #DAD158

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#978E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#978E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E21

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E21	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.124 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae66',
    500: '#978e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e21;
$custom-light: #b9ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63547,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E21

secondary

#555DBE

accent

#4DE741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E21

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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