#957E1B#957E1B

#957E1B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.114 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#957E1B
RGB	rgb(149, 126, 27)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 81.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, -1.37, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 52.54, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0098 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.114 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0542, 21.3916, 4.1094)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#957E1B #1B3295

analogous

#95411B #957E1B #6F951B

triadic

#957E1B #1B957E #7E1B95

tetradic

#957E1B #1B9541 #1B3295 #951B6F

square

#957E1B #1B9541 #1B3295 #951B6F

split-complementary

#957E1B #1B6F95 #411B95

monochromatic

#2D2608 #615212 #957E1B #C9AA24 #DFC34C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#957E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#957E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #957E1B

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##957E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##957E1B	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7B01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #957e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 126, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.114 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a361',
    500: '#957e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #957e1b;
$custom-light: #b8a361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#957e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59765,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#957E1B

secondary

#4B61C1

accent

#5DEC3C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #957E1B

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

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