#948A22#948A22

#948A22 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.120 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#948A22
RGB	rgb(148, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 77%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, -8.17, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 53.72, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0283 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.12 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5909, 24.5893, 5.1220)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#948A22 #222C94

analogous

#945122 #948A22 #659422

triadic

#948A22 #22948A #8A2294

tetradic

#948A22 #229451 #222C94 #942265

square

#948A22 #229451 #222C94 #942265

split-complementary

#948A22 #226594 #512294

monochromatic

#302D0B #625C17 #948A22 #C6B82D #D9CD58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#948A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#948A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #948A22

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##948A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##948A22	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97850B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A08076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #948a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.120 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ab66',
    500: '#948a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #948a22;
$custom-light: #b7ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#948a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6237,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#948A22

secondary

#555EBD

accent

#50E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #948A22

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

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