#979B22#979B22

#979B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.136 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979B22
RGB	rgb(151, 155, 34)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, -15.84, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 60.01, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.0499 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.136 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7734, 30.1381, 6.0253)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979B22 #26229B

analogous

#9B6222 #979B22 #5B9B22

triadic

#979B22 #22979B #9B2297

tetradic

#979B22 #229B62 #26229B #9B225B

square

#979B22 #229B62 #26229B #9B225B

split-complementary

#979B22 #225B9B #62229B

monochromatic

#35370C #666917 #979B22 #C8CD2D #D7DB5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#979B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#979B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979B22

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979B22	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 155, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.136 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b868',
    500: '#979b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979b22;
$custom-light: #b9b868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.983,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66503,
    "c": 0.13589,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979B22

secondary

#5C59C0

accent

#41E746

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979B22

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

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