#959916#959916

#959916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.140 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959916
RGB	rgb(149, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(62, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -16.10, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 62.56, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0514 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.14 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9314, 29.2306, 5.1403)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959916 #1A1699

analogous

#995C16 #959916 #549916

triadic

#959916 #169599 #991695

tetradic

#959916 #16995C #1A1699 #991654

square

#959916 #16995C #1A1699 #991654

split-complementary

#959916 #165499 #5C1699

monochromatic

#2D2E07 #61630E #959916 #C9CF1E #DFE445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#959916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#959916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #959916

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959916	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A08F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.140 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b663',
    500: '#959916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959916;
$custom-light: #b8b663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.832,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65815,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959916

secondary

#4A46C5

accent

#36F13C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #959916

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

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