#979225#979225

#979225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.125 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979225
RGB	rgb(151, 146, 37)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 75.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -10.98, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 55.62, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% -0.036 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.125 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3763, 27.2715, 5.7825)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979225 #252A97

analogous

#975925 #979225 #639725

triadic

#979225 #259792 #922597

tetradic

#979225 #259759 #252A97 #972563

square

#979225 #259759 #252A97 #972563

split-complementary

#979225 #256397 #592597

monochromatic

#35330D #666219 #979225 #C8C231 #D8D25F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#979225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#979225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979225

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979225	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#9F8C0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 146, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.125 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b168',
    500: '#979225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979225;
$custom-light: #b9b168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64473,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979225

secondary

#5B5FBD

accent

#4BE444

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979225

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

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