#947F17#947F17

#947F17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.116 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#947F17
RGB	rgb(148, 127, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(50, 84%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 84.5%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, -2.52, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 53.92, 92.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0134 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.116 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9579, 21.5376, 3.9164)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#947F17 #172C94

analogous

#944017 #947F17 #6A9417

triadic

#947F17 #17947F #7F1794

tetradic

#947F17 #179440 #172C94 #94176A

square

#947F17 #179440 #172C94 #94176A

split-complementary

#947F17 #176A94 #401794

monochromatic

#2A2407 #5F520F #947F17 #C9AC1F #E2C744

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#947F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#947F17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #947F17

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##947F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##947F17	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92831F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1746C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #947f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 127, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.116 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a360',
    500: '#947f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #947f17;
$custom-light: #b8a360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#947f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59861,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#947F17

secondary

#4459C3

accent

#57F038

background

#FBFAF5

surface

#F7F3EA

border

#D0CDC6

text

#120F05

muted

#817F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #947F17

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

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