#978822#978822

#978822 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978822
RGB	rgb(151, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -5.70, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 53.25, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0215 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8564, 24.3042, 5.0530)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978822 #223197

analogous

#974E22 #978822 #6C9722

triadic

#978822 #229788 #882297

tetradic

#978822 #22974E #223197 #97226C

square

#978822 #22974E #223197 #97226C

split-complementary

#978822 #226C97 #4E2297

monochromatic

#332E0C #655B17 #978822 #C9B52D #DAC95A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#978822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#978822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978822

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978822	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9aa66',
    500: '#978822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978822;
$custom-light: #b9aa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62213,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978822

secondary

#5764BE

accent

#57E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978822

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

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