Information about #978117 color

#978117 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#978117 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(151, 129, 23) — 59.2% red, 50.6% green, 9% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 9 / 50 / 41. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#978117 presents itself as a vivid, lively yellow — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Alibi (#988422). Slightly further away sit Rapeseed Oil (#A17917) and Hacienda (#9E8022).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(151, 129, 23)), which gives #978117 its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #978117: 5.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.8:1 for white. No one has named #978117 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#978117 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#978117 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #978117

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Alibi color link
Alibi

#988422

Rapeseed Oil color link
Rapeseed Oil

#A17917

Hacienda color link
Hacienda

#9E8022

Dark Yellow color link
Dark Yellow

#9B870C

Hazel color link
Hazel

#8E7618

Luxury Gold color link
Luxury Gold

#A48111

Bistre Brown color link
Bistre Brown

#967117

Golden Curry color link
Golden Curry

#A47D0E

Lemon Ginger color link
Lemon Ginger

#968428

Vintage Gold color link
Vintage Gold

#A28B23

Puke Brown color link
Puke Brown

#947706

Diarrhea color link
Diarrhea

#9F8303

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#978117
  • RGB151, 129, 23
  • CMYK0, 9, 50, 41
  • CSSrgb(151, 129, 23)
  • HSL50°, 74%, 34%
  • HSL Precise49.688°, 73.563%, 34.118%
  • HSV50°, 85%, 59%
  • HSB50°, 85%, 59%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.592
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.506
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.090
  • GLSLvec3(0.592, 0.506, 0.090)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.592, 0.506, 0.090, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.592, 0.506, 0.090)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB59.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB50.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID978117
  • DECIMAL ID9928983
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers9 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01