#978E29#978E29

#978E29 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	#978E29
RGB	rgb(151, 142, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 72.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -8.64, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 52.70, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0291 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.119 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8367, 26.0863, 5.9296)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978E29 #293297

analogous

#975729 #978E29 #699729

triadic

#978E29 #29978E #8E2997

tetradic

#978E29 #299757 #293297 #972969

square

#978E29 #299757 #293297 #972969

split-complementary

#978E29 #296997 #572997

monochromatic

#37330F #67611C #978E29 #C7BB36 #D5CC65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#978E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#978E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978E29

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978E29	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)

#9B8918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 142, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.119 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ae6a',
    500: '#978e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978e29;
$custom-light: #b9ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.636,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978E29

secondary

#6168BB

accent

#54E147

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978E29

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

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