#978E28#978E28

#978E28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.119 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978E28
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 73.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -8.69, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 53.08, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0293 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.119 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8195, 26.0794, 5.8389)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E28 #283197

analogous

#975628 #978E28 #699728

triadic

#978E28 #28978E #8E2897

tetradic

#978E28 #289756 #283197 #972869

square

#978E28 #289756 #283197 #972869

split-complementary

#978E28 #286997 #562897

monochromatic

#36330E #67611B #978E28 #C7BB35 #D6CD64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#978E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#978E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E28

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E28	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.119 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae69',
    500: '#978e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e28;
$custom-light: #b9ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63592,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E28

secondary

#5F67BC

accent

#53E146

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E28

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

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