#979E22#979E22

#979E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.139 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979E22
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 34)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, -17.39, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 61.18, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0542 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.139 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2789, 31.1491, 6.1938)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E22 #29229E

analogous

#9E6722 #979E22 #599E22

triadic

#979E22 #22979E #9E2297

tetradic

#979E22 #229E67 #29229E #9E2259

square

#979E22 #229E67 #29229E #9E2259

split-complementary

#979E22 #22599E #67229E

monochromatic

#37390C #676C17 #979E22 #C7D02D #D5DC5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#979E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#979E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E22

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E22	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.139 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ba68',
    500: '#979e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e22;
$custom-light: #b9ba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.387,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67192,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E22

secondary

#615BC1

accent

#40E84A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E22

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

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