#979221#979221

#979221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.127 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979221
RGB	rgb(151, 146, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 78.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -11.15, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 56.97, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0369 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.127 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3169, 27.2477, 5.4697)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979221 #212697

analogous

#975721 #979221 #619721

triadic

#979221 #219792 #922197

tetradic

#979221 #219757 #212697 #972161

square

#979221 #219757 #212697 #972161

split-complementary

#979221 #216197 #572197

monochromatic

#33310B #656116 #979221 #C9C32C #DAD558

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#979221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#979221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979221

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979221	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 146, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.127 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b166',
    500: '#979221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979221;
$custom-light: #b9b166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64448,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979221

secondary

#555ABE

accent

#48E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979221

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

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