#979622#979622

#979622 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.131 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979622
RGB	rgb(151, 150, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, -13.23, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 58.10, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0426 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.131 109)
XYZ	xyz(23.9585, 28.5083, 5.7537)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979622 #222397

analogous

#975C22 #979622 #5E9722

triadic

#979622 #229796 #962297

tetradic

#979622 #22975C #222397 #97225E

square

#979622 #22975C #222397 #97225E

split-complementary

#979622 #225E97 #5C2297

monochromatic

#33330C #656417 #979622 #C9C82D #DAD95A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#979622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#979622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979622

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979622	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 150, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.131 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b467',
    500: '#979622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979622;
$custom-light: #b9b467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65361,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.28507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979622

secondary

#5758BE

accent

#43E642

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979622

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

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