#978227#978227

#978227 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.110 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978227
RGB	rgb(151, 130, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 74.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -2.16, 49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 49.53, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.0109 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.11 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1124, 22.6922, 5.1871)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978227 #273C97

analogous

#974A27 #978227 #749727

triadic

#978227 #279782 #822797

tetradic

#978227 #27974A #273C97 #972774

square

#978227 #27974A #273C97 #972774

split-complementary

#978227 #277497 #4A2797

monochromatic

#362E0E #66581A #978227 #C8AC34 #D6C162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#978227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#978227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978227

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978227	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 130, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.110 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a668',
    500: '#978227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978227;
$custom-light: #b9a668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60925,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978227

secondary

#5E6FBC

accent

#63E246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978227

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

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