#979522#979522

#979522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.130 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979522
RGB	rgb(151, 149, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -12.70, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 57.73, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% -0.0411 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.13 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7996, 28.1905, 5.7007)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979522 #222497

analogous

#975B22 #979522 #5F9722

triadic

#979522 #229795 #952297

tetradic

#979522 #22975B #222497 #97225F

square

#979522 #22975B #222497 #97225F

split-complementary

#979522 #225F97 #5B2297

monochromatic

#33320C #656417 #979522 #C9C62D #DAD85A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#979522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#979522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979522

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979522	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 149, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.130 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b367',
    500: '#979522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979522;
$custom-light: #b9b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65134,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979522

secondary

#5759BE

accent

#44E642

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979522

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

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