#948E22#948E22

#948E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.123 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#948E22
RGB	rgb(148, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 77%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -10.32, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 55.13, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0343 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.123 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1754, 25.7582, 5.3168)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#948E22 #222894

analogous

#945522 #948E22 #619422

triadic

#948E22 #22948E #8E2294

tetradic

#948E22 #229455 #222894 #942261

square

#948E22 #229455 #222894 #942261

split-complementary

#948E22 #226194 #552294

monochromatic

#302E0B #625E17 #948E22 #C6BE2D #D9D258

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#948E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#948E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #948E22

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##948E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##948E22	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #948e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.123 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ae66',
    500: '#948e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #948e22;
$custom-light: #b7ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#948e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63273,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#948E22

secondary

#555BBD

accent

#4BE642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #948E22

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

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