#979722#979722

#979722 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.132 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979722
RGB	rgb(151, 151, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, -13.75, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 58.48, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.0441 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.132 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1187, 28.8288, 5.8071)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979722 #222297

analogous

#975D22 #979722 #5D9722

triadic

#979722 #229797 #972297

tetradic

#979722 #22975D #222297 #97225D

square

#979722 #22975D #222297 #97225D

split-complementary

#979722 #225D97 #5D2297

monochromatic

#33330C #656517 #979722 #C9C92D #DADA5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#979722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#979722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979722

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979722	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49002

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 151, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.132 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b568',
    500: '#979722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979722;
$custom-light: #b9b568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65589,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979722

secondary

#5757BE

accent

#42E642

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979722

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

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