#948E2E#948E2E

#948E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.116 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#948E2E
RGB	rgb(148, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 68.9%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -9.72, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 50.60, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0314 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.116 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3797, 25.8400, 6.3930)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#948E2E #2E3494

analogous

#945B2E #948E2E #67942E

triadic

#948E2E #2E948E #8E2E94

tetradic

#948E2E #2E945B #2E3494 #942E67

square

#948E2E #2E945B #2E3494 #942E67

split-complementary

#948E2E #2E6794 #5B2E94

monochromatic

#373411 #65611F #948E2E #C3BB3D #D1CB6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#948E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#948E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #948E2E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##948E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##948E2E	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #948e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.116 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ae6d',
    500: '#948e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #948e2e;
$custom-light: #b6ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#948e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6336,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#948E2E

secondary

#666AB8

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #948E2E

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

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