#949E1B#949E1B

#949E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.143 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#949E1B
RGB	rgb(148, 158, 27)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -18.97, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 63.25, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.0589 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.143 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6382, 30.8292, 5.6894)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#949E1B #251B9E

analogous

#9E671B #949E1B #539E1B

triadic

#949E1B #1B949E #9E1B94

tetradic

#949E1B #1B9E67 #251B9E #9E1B53

square

#949E1B #1B9E67 #251B9E #9E1B53

split-complementary

#949E1B #1B539E #671B9E

monochromatic

#323509 #636A12 #949E1B #C5D224 #D6E152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#949E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#949E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #949E1B

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##949E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##949E1B	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E9487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #949e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(148, 158, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.143 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ba66',
    500: '#949e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #949e1b;
$custom-light: #b7ba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#949e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 148,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.58,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66906,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#949E1B

secondary

#5951C4

accent

#3AEE48

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #949E1B

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

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