#978722#978722

#978722 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.117 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978722
RGB	rgb(151, 135, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -5.16, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 52.93, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% -0.02 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.117 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7163, 24.0238, 5.0063)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978722 #223297

analogous

#974D22 #978722 #6D9722

triadic

#978722 #229787 #872297

tetradic

#978722 #22974D #223297 #97226D

square

#978722 #22974D #223297 #97226D

split-complementary

#978722 #226D97 #4D2297

monochromatic

#332E0C #655A17 #978722 #C9B42D #DAC85A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#978722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#978722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978722

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978722	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95830D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 135, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.117 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a966',
    500: '#978722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978722;
$custom-light: #b9a966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61991,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978722

secondary

#5765BE

accent

#58E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978722

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

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