#949D5B#949D5B

#949D5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.090 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949D5B
RGB	rgb(148, 157, 91)
HSL	hsl(68, 27%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 42%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 42%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -13.76, 33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 36.11, 112.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0382 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.09 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1583, 31.1655, 14.5330)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949D5B #645B9D

analogous

#9D855B #949D5B #739D5B

triadic

#949D5B #5B949D #9D5B94

tetradic

#949D5B #5B9D85 #645B9D #9D5B73

square

#949D5B #5B9D85 #645B9D #9D5B73

split-complementary

#949D5B #5B739D #855B9D

monochromatic

#4B502E #6F7645 #949D5B #AEB580 #C7CCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#949D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#949D5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949D5B

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949D5B	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5985E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 157, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.090 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4b98a',
    500: '#949d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949d5b;
$custom-light: #b4b98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 26.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67317,
    "c": 0.0896,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949D5B

secondary

#9E9ABA

accent

#65C372

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#11110C

muted

#80807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #949D5B

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

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