#978E23#978E23

#978E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.123 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E23
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, -8.92, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 54.89, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0305 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.123 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7399, 26.0476, 5.4197)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E23 #232C97

analogous

#975423 #978E23 #669723

triadic

#978E23 #23978E #8E2397

tetradic

#978E23 #239754 #232C97 #972366

square

#978E23 #239754 #232C97 #972366

split-complementary

#978E23 #236697 #542397

monochromatic

#34310C #655F17 #978E23 #C9BD2F #D9CF5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#978E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#978E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E23

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E23	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)

#9B890B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.123 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae67',
    500: '#978e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e23;
$custom-light: #b9ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63559,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E23

secondary

#5860BE

accent

#4FE542

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E23

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

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