#978222#978222

#978222 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.113 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978222
RGB	rgb(151, 130, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, -2.40, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 51.44, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.0121 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.113 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0350, 22.6612, 4.7792)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978222 #223797

analogous

#974822 #978222 #729722

triadic

#978222 #229782 #822297

tetradic

#978222 #229748 #223797 #972272

square

#978222 #229748 #223797 #972272

split-complementary

#978222 #227297 #482297

monochromatic

#332C0C #655717 #978222 #C9AD2D #DAC35A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#978222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#978222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978222

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978222	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)

#907F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 130, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.113 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a565',
    500: '#978222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978222;
$custom-light: #b9a565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6089,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978222

secondary

#5769BE

accent

#5FE642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978222

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

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