Hello @jyoung1001,
this should do it:
In this example, the backgrond color changes depending on the content of the <option name="rangeValues"> tag
These corresponding colors are configured in the <option name="rangeColors"> tag.
For more info, please check : https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.1/Viz/SingleValueFormatting
<panel>
<title></title>
<single>
<title></title>
<search>
<query>start of your search| timechart avg(somevalue) span=1m</query>
<earliest>-24h@h</earliest>
<latest>@m</latest>
<refresh>1m</refresh>
<refreshType>delay</refreshType>
</search>
<option name="colorBy">value</option>
<option name="colorMode">block</option>
<option name="drilldown">all</option>
<option name="height">143</option>
<option name="numberPrecision">0.0</option>
<option name="rangeColors">["0x0E31EB","0x6db7c6","0xf7bc38","0xf58f39","0xd93f3c"]</option>
<option name="rangeValues">[-10,60,70,80]</option>
<option name="refresh.display">progressbar</option>
<option name="showSparkline">1</option>
<option name="showTrendIndicator">1</option>
<option name="trendColorInterpretation">inverse</option>
<option name="trendDisplayMode">absolute</option>
<option name="trendInterval">-1h</option>
<option name="underLabel">$generalSingleValueUsage$</option>
<option name="unit">%</option>
<option name="unitPosition">after</option>
<option name="useColors">1</option>
<option name="useThousandSeparators">0</option>
...
</single>
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