#978922#978922

#978922 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.119 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#978922
RGB	rgb(151, 137, 34)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, -6.25, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 53.57, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0231 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.119 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9979, 24.5871, 5.1001)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#978922 #223097

analogous

#974F22 #978922 #6B9722

triadic

#978922 #229789 #892297

tetradic

#978922 #22974F #223097 #97226B

square

#978922 #22974F #223097 #97226B

split-complementary

#978922 #226B97 #4F2297

monochromatic

#332E0C #655C17 #978922 #C9B62D #DACA5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#978922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#978922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #978922

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##978922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##978922	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96850C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #978922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 137, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.119 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ab66',
    500: '#978922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #978922;
$custom-light: #b9ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#978922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62435,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#978922

secondary

#5763BE

accent

#55E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #978922

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

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