#948B22#948B22

#948B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.121 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#948B22
RGB	rgb(148, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 77%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, -8.71, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 54.07, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.0298 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.121 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7350, 24.8775, 5.1700)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#948B22 #222B94

analogous

#945222 #948B22 #649422

triadic

#948B22 #22948B #8B2294

tetradic

#948B22 #229452 #222B94 #942264

square

#948B22 #229452 #222B94 #942264

split-complementary

#948B22 #226494 #522294

monochromatic

#302E0B #625C17 #948B22 #C6BA2D #D9CE58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#948B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#948B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #948B22

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##948B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##948B22	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A08177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #948b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.121 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ac66',
    500: '#948b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #948b22;
$custom-light: #b7ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#948b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62595,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#948B22

secondary

#555DBD

accent

#4FE642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #948B22

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

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