#979229#979229

#979229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.123 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979229
RGB	rgb(151, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 72.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -10.79, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 54.16, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% -0.0351 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.123 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4425, 27.2980, 6.1316)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979229 #292E97

analogous

#975B29 #979229 #659729

triadic

#979229 #299792 #922997

tetradic

#979229 #29975B #292E97 #972965

square

#979229 #29975B #292E97 #972965

split-complementary

#979229 #296597 #5B2997

monochromatic

#37350F #67631C #979229 #C7C136 #D5D065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#979229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#979229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979229

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979229	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2887E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.123 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b16a',
    500: '#979229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979229;
$custom-light: #b9b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.645,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979229

secondary

#6165BB

accent

#4EE147

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979229

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

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