#978F27#978F27

#978F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.121 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978F27
RGB	rgb(151, 143, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 74.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -9.28, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 53.81, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0311 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.121 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9521, 26.3716, 5.8003)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978F27 #272F97

analogous

#975727 #978F27 #679727

triadic

#978F27 #27978F #8F2797

tetradic

#978F27 #279757 #272F97 #972767

square

#978F27 #279757 #272F97 #972767

split-complementary

#978F27 #276797 #572797

monochromatic

#36330E #66611A #978F27 #C8BD34 #D6CE62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#978F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#978F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978F27

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978F27	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 143, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.121 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9af69',
    500: '#978f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978f27;
$custom-light: #b9af69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6381,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978F27

secondary

#5E65BC

accent

#51E246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978F27

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

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