#948E2A#948E2A

#948E2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.118 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#948E2A
RGB	rgb(148, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 71.6%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -9.94, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 52.20, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0325 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.118 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3045, 25.8099, 5.9969)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#948E2A #2A3094

analogous

#94592A #948E2A #65942A

triadic

#948E2A #2A948E #8E2A94

tetradic

#948E2A #2A9459 #2A3094 #942A65

square

#948E2A #2A9459 #2A3094 #942A65

split-complementary

#948E2A #2A6594 #592A94

monochromatic

#35330F #64601C #948E2A #C4BC38 #D3CD65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#948E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#948E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #948E2A

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##948E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##948E2A	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A891A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #948e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.118 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ae6a',
    500: '#948e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #948e2a;
$custom-light: #b7ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#948e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63328,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#948E2A

secondary

#6065B9

accent

#51DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #948E2A

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