#979523#979523

#979523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.129 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979523
RGB	rgb(151, 149, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -12.66, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 57.40, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0409 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.129 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8142, 28.1963, 5.7778)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979523 #232597

analogous

#975B23 #979523 #5F9723

triadic

#979523 #239795 #952397

tetradic

#979523 #23975B #232597 #97235F

square

#979523 #23975B #232597 #97235F

split-complementary

#979523 #235F97 #5B2397

monochromatic

#34330C #656417 #979523 #C9C62F #D9D75B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#979523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#979523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979523

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979523	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)

#A28F07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 149, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.129 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b368',
    500: '#979523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979523;
$custom-light: #b9b368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6514,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979523

secondary

#585ABE

accent

#45E542

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979523

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

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