#978E24#978E24

#978E24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.122 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E24
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 36)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 76.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, -8.88, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 54.54, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0302 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.122 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7549, 26.0536, 5.4990)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E24 #242D97

analogous

#975524 #978E24 #679724

triadic

#978E24 #24978E #8E2497

tetradic

#978E24 #249755 #242D97 #972467

square

#978E24 #249755 #242D97 #972467

split-complementary

#978E24 #246797 #552497

monochromatic

#34310C #666018 #978E24 #C8BC30 #D8CF5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#978E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#978E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E24

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E24	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)

#9B890E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.122 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae67',
    500: '#978e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e24;
$custom-light: #b9ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63565,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E24

secondary

#5A61BD

accent

#50E543

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E24

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

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