#978F1B#978F1B

#978F1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.128 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978F1B
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 27)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, -9.77, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 57.77, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0336 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.128 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7838, 26.3043, 4.9138)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978F1B #1B2397

analogous

#97511B #978F1B #61971B

triadic

#978F1B #1B978F #8F1B97

tetradic

#978F1B #1B9751 #1B2397 #971B61

square

#978F1B #1B9751 #1B2397 #971B61

split-complementary

#978F1B #1B6197 #511B97

monochromatic

#2F2D08 #635E12 #978F1B #CBC024 #DFD64D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#978F1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#978F1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978F1B

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978F1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978F1B	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978f1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.128 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9af64',
    500: '#978f1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978f1b;
$custom-light: #b9af64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978f1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63739,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978F1B

secondary

#4C54C1

accent

#47EC3B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978F1B

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