#937E16#937E16

#937E16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.116 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#937E16
RGB	rgb(147, 126, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(50, 85%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 85%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, -2.46, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 53.85, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0132 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.116 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6394, 21.1838, 3.8133)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#937E16 #162B93

analogous

#933F16 #937E16 #699316

triadic

#937E16 #16937E #7E1693

tetradic

#937E16 #16933F #162B93 #931669

square

#937E16 #16933F #162B93 #931669

split-complementary

#937E16 #166993 #3F1693

monochromatic

#292306 #5E500E #937E16 #C8AC1E #E3C741

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#937E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#937E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #937E16

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##937E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##937E16	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91821E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F736B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #937e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(147, 126, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.116 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a35f',
    500: '#937e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #937e16;
$custom-light: #b7a35f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#937e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 147,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59533,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#937E16

secondary

#4258C3

accent

#56F137

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F7F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #937E16

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

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