#979A23#979A23

#979A23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.134 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979A23
RGB	rgb(151, 154, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 77.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -15.28, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 59.30, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% -0.0482 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.134 111)
XYZ	xyz(24.6223, 29.8125, 6.0471)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979A23 #26239A

analogous

#9A6223 #979A23 #5B9A23

triadic

#979A23 #23979A #9A2397

tetradic

#979A23 #239A62 #26239A #9A235B

square

#979A23 #239A62 #26239A #9A235B

split-complementary

#979A23 #235B9A #62239A

monochromatic

#35360C #666818 #979A23 #C8CC2E #D7DA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#979A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#979A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #979A23

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979A23	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 154, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.134 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b768',
    500: '#979a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979a23;
$custom-light: #b9b768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.513,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6628,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.29812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979A23

secondary

#5C5ABF

accent

#42E646

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979A23

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

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