#938E2E#938E2E

#938E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.116 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#938E2E
RGB	rgb(147, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68.7%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -10.17, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 50.57, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0326 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.116 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1996, 25.7471, 6.3845)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#938E2E #2E3393

analogous

#935C2E #938E2E #65932E

triadic

#938E2E #2E938E #8E2E93

tetradic

#938E2E #2E935C #2E3393 #932E65

square

#938E2E #2E935C #2E3393 #932E65

split-complementary

#938E2E #2E6593 #5C2E93

monochromatic

#363411 #64611F #938E2E #C2BB3D #D1CC6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#938E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#938E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #938E2E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##938E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##938E2E	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #938e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(147, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.116 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ae6d',
    500: '#938e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #938e2e;
$custom-light: #b6ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#938e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 147,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.03,
    "s": 52.332,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63268,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#938E2E

secondary

#6569B8

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #938E2E

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

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