#979B23#979B23

#979B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.135 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979B23
RGB	rgb(151, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -15.80, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 59.69, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% -0.0497 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.135 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7881, 30.1440, 6.1024)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979B23 #27239B

analogous

#9B6323 #979B23 #5B9B23

triadic

#979B23 #23979B #9B2397

tetradic

#979B23 #239B63 #27239B #9B235B

square

#979B23 #239B63 #27239B #9B235B

split-complementary

#979B23 #235B9B #63239B

monochromatic

#36370C #666918 #979B23 #C8CD2E #D6DB5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#979B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#979B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979B23

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979B23	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)

#A79402

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.135 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b869',
    500: '#979b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979b23;
$custom-light: #b9b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66509,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979B23

secondary

#5E5ABF

accent

#42E647

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979B23

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

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