#978E27#978E27

#978E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.120 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E27
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 74.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -8.74, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 53.45, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0296 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.12 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8027, 26.0727, 5.7505)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E27 #273097

analogous

#975627 #978E27 #689727

triadic

#978E27 #27978E #8E2797

tetradic

#978E27 #279756 #273097 #972768

square

#978E27 #279756 #273097 #972768

split-complementary

#978E27 #276897 #562797

monochromatic

#36330E #66601A #978E27 #C8BC34 #D6CD62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#978E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#978E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E27

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E27	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)

#9B8914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.120 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae69',
    500: '#978e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e27;
$custom-light: #b9ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63585,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E27

secondary

#5E65BC

accent

#52E246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E27

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

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