#979923#979923

#979923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.133 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979923
RGB	rgb(151, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 77.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -14.76, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 58.92, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.0468 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.133 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4580, 29.4838, 5.9924)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979923 #252399

analogous

#996023 #979923 #5C9923

triadic

#979923 #239799 #992397

tetradic

#979923 #239960 #252399 #99235C

square

#979923 #239960 #252399 #99235C

split-complementary

#979923 #235C99 #602399

monochromatic

#35350C #666718 #979923 #C8CB2E #D8DA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#979923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#979923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979923

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979923	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	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)

#A69204

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.133 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b668',
    500: '#979923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979923;
$custom-light: #b9b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66051,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979923

secondary

#5B59BE

accent

#42E645

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979923

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

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