Information about #979D23 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#979D23 presents itself as a strongly colored sunny yellow — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Citron (#9FA91F). Slightly further away sit Pea Soup Green (#94A617) and Limelight (#99AD25).
The recipe behind #979D23 is rgb(151, 157, 35), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #979D23: 7.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.9:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#979D23 color variations
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#979D23 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#979D23 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#979D23 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#979D23 color hues
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#979D23 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #979D23 color
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Nearest named colors to #979D23
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#9FA91F
#94A617
#99AD25
#8B9C15
#8FAE22
#A2A415
#9BB123
#A28B23
#AB9A1C
#94B21C
#9A9739
#8EAB12
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#979D23
- RGB151, 157, 35
- CMYK2, 0, 48, 38
- CSSrgb(151, 157, 35)
- HSL63°, 64%, 38%
- HSL Precise62.951°, 63.542%, 37.647%
- HSV63°, 78%, 62%
- HSB63°, 78%, 62%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.592
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.616
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.137
- GLSLvec3(0.592, 0.616, 0.137)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.592, 0.616, 0.137, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.592, 0.616, 0.137)
- Percentage of Red in RGB59.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB61.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB13.7%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID979D23
- DECIMAL ID9936163
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers7 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
