#979C22#979C22

#979C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.137 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979C22
RGB	rgb(151, 156, 34)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, -16.36, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 60.40, 105.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% -0.0513 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.137 112)
XYZ	xyz(24.9405, 30.4724, 6.0810)
Luminance	0.3047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979C22 #27229C

analogous

#9C6422 #979C22 #5A9C22

triadic

#979C22 #22979C #9C2297

tetradic

#979C22 #229C64 #27229C #9C225A

square

#979C22 #229C64 #27229C #9C225A

split-complementary

#979C22 #225A9C #64229C

monochromatic

#36380C #666A17 #979C22 #C8CE2D #D6DC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#979C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#979C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979C22

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979C22	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 156, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.137 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b968',
    500: '#979c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979c22;
$custom-light: #b9b968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.459,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66732,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.30472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979C22

secondary

#5E5AC0

accent

#41E747

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979C22

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

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