#938E2B#938E2B

#938E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.118 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#938E2B
RGB	rgb(147, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 70.7%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -10.34, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 51.78, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0334 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.118 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1425, 25.7242, 6.0839)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#938E2B #2B3093

analogous

#935A2B #938E2B #64932B

triadic

#938E2B #2B938E #8E2B93

tetradic

#938E2B #2B935A #2B3093 #932B64

square

#938E2B #2B935A #2B3093 #932B64

split-complementary

#938E2B #2B6493 #5A2B93

monochromatic

#34330F #64601D #938E2B #C2BC39 #D2CD66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#938E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#938E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #938E2B

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##938E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##938E2B	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A891B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #938e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(147, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.118 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ae6b',
    500: '#938e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #938e2b;
$custom-light: #b6ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#938e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 147,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 54.737,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63243,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#938E2B

secondary

#6165B9

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #938E2B

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

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