#979C23#979C23

#979C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.136 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979C23
RGB	rgb(151, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, -16.32, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 60.08, 105.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% -0.0511 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.136 112)
XYZ	xyz(24.9552, 30.4782, 6.1581)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979C23 #28239C

analogous

#9C6423 #979C23 #5B9C23

triadic

#979C23 #23979C #9C2397

tetradic

#979C23 #239C64 #28239C #9C235B

square

#979C23 #239C64 #28239C #9C235B

split-complementary

#979C23 #235B9C #64239C

monochromatic

#36380D #676A18 #979C23 #C7CE2E #D6DB5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#979C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#979C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979C23

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979C23	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.136 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b969',
    500: '#979c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979c23;
$custom-light: #b9b969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.479,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66738,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.30478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979C23

secondary

#5F5BC0

accent

#41E648

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979C23

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

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