#948E2B#948E2B

#948E2B 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	#948E2B
RGB	rgb(148, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 70.9%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -9.89, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 51.81, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0322 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.118 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3227, 25.8171, 6.0924)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#948E2B #2B3194

analogous

#94592B #948E2B #66942B

triadic

#948E2B #2B948E #8E2B94

tetradic

#948E2B #2B9459 #2B3194 #942B66

square

#948E2B #2B9459 #2B3194 #942B66

split-complementary

#948E2B #2B6694 #592B94

monochromatic

#35330F #65611D #948E2B #C3BB39 #D3CD67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#948E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#948E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #948E2B

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##948E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##948E2B	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)

#9A891B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #948e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.118 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ae6b',
    500: '#948e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #948e2b;
$custom-light: #b7ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#948e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 54.974,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63336,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#948E2B

secondary

#6267B9

accent

#52DE49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #948E2B

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

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