#979F22#979F22

#979F22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.140 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#979F22
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 34)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(64, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 78.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -17.90, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 61.58, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.0556 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.14 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4502, 31.4916, 6.2509)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#979F22 #2A229F

analogous

#9F6822 #979F22 #589F22

triadic

#979F22 #22979F #9F2297

tetradic

#979F22 #229F68 #2A229F #9F2258

square

#979F22 #229F68 #2A229F #9F2258

split-complementary

#979F22 #22589F #68229F

monochromatic

#373A0C #676D17 #979F22 #C7D12D #D5DD5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#979F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#979F22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979F22

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979F22	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.140 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bb69',
    500: '#979f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979f22;
$custom-light: #b9bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.84,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67422,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979F22

secondary

#625BC1

accent

#40E84B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979F22

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

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