#949B59#949B59

#949B59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.089 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949B59
RGB	rgb(148, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 42.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, -12.94, 33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 36.09, 111.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.036 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.089 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7375, 30.4602, 13.9728)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949B59 #60599B

analogous

#9B8159 #949B59 #739B59

triadic

#949B59 #59949B #9B5994

tetradic

#949B59 #599B81 #60599B #9B5973

square

#949B59 #599B81 #60599B #9B5973

split-complementary

#949B59 #59739B #81599B

monochromatic

#4A4D2C #6F7443 #949B59 #AEB47D #C7CBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#949B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#949B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949B59

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949B59	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3975C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.089 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b889',
    500: '#949b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949b59;
$custom-light: #b4b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.364,
    "s": 27.049,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66831,
    "c": 0.08921,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949B59

secondary

#9B97B8

accent

#64C36E

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110B

muted

#80807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #949B59

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

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