#979D23#979D23

#979D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.137 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979D23
RGB	rgb(151, 157, 35)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, -16.83, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 60.48, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.0526 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.137 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1237, 30.8152, 6.2143)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979D23 #29239D

analogous

#9D6623 #979D23 #5A9D23

triadic

#979D23 #23979D #9D2397

tetradic

#979D23 #239D66 #29239D #9D235A

square

#979D23 #239D66 #29239D #9D235A

split-complementary

#979D23 #235A9D #66239D

monochromatic

#37390D #676B18 #979D23 #C7CF2E #D5DB5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#979D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#979D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979D23

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979D23	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 157, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.137 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b969',
    500: '#979d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979d23;
$custom-light: #b9b969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.951,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66967,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979D23

secondary

#615CC0

accent

#41E749

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979D23

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

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