#979422#979422

#979422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.129 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979422
RGB	rgb(151, 148, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, -12.17, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 57.36, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% -0.0397 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.129 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6421, 27.8754, 5.6482)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979422 #222597

analogous

#975A22 #979422 #609722

triadic

#979422 #229794 #942297

tetradic

#979422 #22975A #222597 #972260

square

#979422 #22975A #222597 #972260

split-complementary

#979422 #226097 #5A2297

monochromatic

#33320C #656317 #979422 #C9C52D #DAD65A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#979422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#979422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979422

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979422	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 148, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.129 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b367',
    500: '#979422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979422;
$custom-light: #b9b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64907,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979422

secondary

#5759BE

accent

#46E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979422

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

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