#978221#978221

#978221 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.114 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978221
RGB	rgb(151, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 78.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, -2.44, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 51.80, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0124 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.114 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0208, 22.6555, 4.7043)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978221 #213697

analogous

#974721 #978221 #719721

triadic

#978221 #219782 #822197

tetradic

#978221 #219747 #213697 #972171

square

#978221 #219747 #213697 #972171

split-complementary

#978221 #217197 #472197

monochromatic

#332C0B #655716 #978221 #C9AD2C #DAC358

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#978221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#978221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978221

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978221	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3776F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.114 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a564',
    500: '#978221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978221;
$custom-light: #b9a564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60883,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978221

secondary

#5568BE

accent

#5EE741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978221

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