#948C27#948C27

#948C27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.119 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#948C27
RGB	rgb(148, 140, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 73.6%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -9.02, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 52.61, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0302 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.119 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9580, 25.1994, 5.6264)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#948C27 #272F94

analogous

#945627 #948C27 #669427

triadic

#948C27 #27948C #8C2794

tetradic

#948C27 #279456 #272F94 #942766

square

#948C27 #279456 #272F94 #942766

split-complementary

#948C27 #276694 #562794

monochromatic

#33300D #645E1A #948C27 #C4BA34 #D5CD60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#948C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#948C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #948C27

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##948C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##948C27	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F8278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #948c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 140, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.119 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ad69',
    500: '#948c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #948c27;
$custom-light: #b7ad69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#948c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.596,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62854,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#948C27

secondary

#5C63BB

accent

#52E246

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #948C27

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

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