#979922#979922

#979922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.134 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979922
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, -14.80, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 59.24, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.047 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.134 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4433, 29.4780, 5.9153)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979922 #242299

analogous

#996022 #979922 #5C9922

triadic

#979922 #229799 #992297

tetradic

#979922 #229960 #242299 #99225C

square

#979922 #229960 #242299 #99225C

split-complementary

#979922 #225C99 #602299

monochromatic

#34350C #666717 #979922 #C8CB2D #D8DB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#979922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#979922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979922

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979922	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.134 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b668',
    500: '#979922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979922;
$custom-light: #b9b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.008,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66045,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979922

secondary

#5A58BF

accent

#41E744

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979922

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

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