#947E1B#947E1B

#947E1B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.114 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#947E1B
RGB	rgb(148, 126, 27)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 81.8%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -1.83, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 52.43, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.0111 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.114 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8725, 21.2979, 4.1009)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#947E1B #1B3194

analogous

#94421B #947E1B #6E941B

triadic

#947E1B #1B947E #7E1B94

tetradic

#947E1B #1B9442 #1B3194 #941B6E

square

#947E1B #1B9442 #1B3194 #941B6E

split-complementary

#947E1B #1B6E94 #421B94

monochromatic

#2C2608 #605212 #947E1B #C8AA24 #DEC34B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#947E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#947E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #947E1B

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##947E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##947E1B	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7B01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #947e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 126, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.114 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a361',
    500: '#947e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #947e1b;
$custom-light: #b7a361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#947e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 69.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59662,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#947E1B

secondary

#4B60C0

accent

#5CEC3C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #947E1B

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

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