#979F23#979F23

#979F23 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	#979F23
RGB	rgb(151, 159, 35)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -17.86, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 61.27, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.0554 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.14 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4648, 31.4975, 6.3280)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#979F23 #2B239F

analogous

#9F6923 #979F23 #599F23

triadic

#979F23 #23979F #9F2397

tetradic

#979F23 #239F69 #2B239F #9F2359

square

#979F23 #239F69 #2B239F #9F2359

split-complementary

#979F23 #23599F #69239F

monochromatic

#383B0D #676D18 #979F23 #C7D12E #D4DC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#979F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#979F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #979F23

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##979F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##979F23	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)

#AB992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A29588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #979f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 159, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.140 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9bb69',
    500: '#979f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #979f23;
$custom-light: #b9bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#979f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67427,
    "c": 0.13961,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#979F23

secondary

#635DC1

accent

#41E74C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #979F23

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

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