#978229#978229

#978229 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.109 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978229
RGB	rgb(151, 130, 41)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 72.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, -2.06, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 48.73, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% -0.0104 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.109 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1464, 22.7058, 5.3662)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978229 #293E97

analogous

#974B29 #978229 #759729

triadic

#978229 #299782 #822997

tetradic

#978229 #29974B #293E97 #972975

square

#978229 #29974B #293E97 #972975

split-complementary

#978229 #297597 #4B2997

monochromatic

#372F0F #67591C #978229 #C7AB36 #D5C065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#978229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#978229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978229

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978229	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)

#907F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 130, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.109 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a669',
    500: '#978229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978229;
$custom-light: #b9a669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.545,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60941,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978229

secondary

#6172BB

accent

#65E147

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978229

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

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