#979623#979623

#979623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.130 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979623
RGB	rgb(151, 150, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, -13.19, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 57.78, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.0424 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.13 109)
XYZ	xyz(23.9731, 28.5141, 5.8307)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979623 #232497

analogous

#975C23 #979623 #5E9723

triadic

#979623 #239796 #962397

tetradic

#979623 #23975C #232497 #97235E

square

#979623 #23975C #232497 #97235E

split-complementary

#979623 #235E97 #5C2397

monochromatic

#34330C #656517 #979623 #C9C72F #D9D85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#979623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#979623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979623

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979623	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)

#A39006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 150, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.130 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b468',
    500: '#979623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979623;
$custom-light: #b9b468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.483,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65367,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.28513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979623

secondary

#5859BE

accent

#44E542

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979623

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

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