#979222#979222

#979222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.127 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979222
RGB	rgb(151, 146, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -11.11, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 56.64, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0367 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.127 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3311, 27.2534, 5.5445)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979222 #222797

analogous

#975822 #979222 #629722

triadic

#979222 #229792 #922297

tetradic

#979222 #229758 #222797 #972262

square

#979222 #229758 #222797 #972262

split-complementary

#979222 #226297 #582297

monochromatic

#33310C #656217 #979222 #C9C22D #DAD45A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#979222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#979222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979222

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979222	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)

#9F8C06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 146, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.127 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b167',
    500: '#979222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979222;
$custom-light: #b9b167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64454,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979222

secondary

#575BBE

accent

#49E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979222

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

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