#948D21#948D21

#948D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.123 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#948D21
RGB	rgb(148, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 77.7%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -9.83, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 55.11, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0331 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.123 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0131, 25.4563, 5.1926)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#948D21 #212894

analogous

#945321 #948D21 #619421

triadic

#948D21 #21948D #8D2194

tetradic

#948D21 #219453 #212894 #942161

square

#948D21 #219453 #212894 #942161

split-complementary

#948D21 #216194 #532194

monochromatic

#302E0B #625D16 #948D21 #C6BD2C #D9D156

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#948D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#948D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #948D21

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##948D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##948D21	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8807

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F8379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #948d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.123 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ae66',
    500: '#948d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #948d21;
$custom-light: #b7ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#948d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6304,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#948D21

secondary

#545ABD

accent

#4BE741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #948D21

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

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