#979E23#979E23

#979E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; 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	#979E23
RGB	rgb(151, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -17.35, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 60.87, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.054 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.139 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2936, 31.1550, 6.2709)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979E23 #2A239E

analogous

#9E6823 #979E23 #599E23

triadic

#979E23 #23979E #9E2397

tetradic

#979E23 #239E68 #2A239E #9E2359

square

#979E23 #239E68 #2A239E #9E2359

split-complementary

#979E23 #23599E #68239E

monochromatic

#373A0D #676C18 #979E23 #C7D02E #D5DC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#979E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#979E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979E23

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979E23	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)

#AA992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.139 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ba69',
    500: '#979e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979e23;
$custom-light: #b9ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.415,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67197,
    "c": 0.13854,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979E23

secondary

#625CC1

accent

#41E74A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979E23

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

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