#958E2B#958E2B

#958E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.118 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#958E2B
RGB	rgb(149, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 71.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -9.44, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 51.84, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.031 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.118 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5044, 25.9108, 6.1009)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#958E2B #2B3295

analogous

#95592B #958E2B #67952B

triadic

#958E2B #2B958E #8E2B95

tetradic

#958E2B #2B9559 #2B3295 #952B67

square

#958E2B #2B9559 #2B3295 #952B67

split-complementary

#958E2B #2B6795 #592B95

monochromatic

#363310 #66611D #958E2B #C4BB39 #D3CC67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#958E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#958E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #958E2B

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##958E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##958E2B	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B891B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #958e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.118 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ae6b',
    500: '#958e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #958e2b;
$custom-light: #b7ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#958e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.038,
    "s": 55.208,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63428,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#958E2B

secondary

#6268BA

accent

#53DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #958E2B

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

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