#959E1B#959E1B

#959E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.143 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959E1B
RGB	rgb(149, 158, 27)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(64, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, -18.53, 60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 63.21, 107.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% -0.0577 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.143 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8199, 30.9229, 5.6980)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959E1B #241B9E

analogous

#9E661B #959E1B #549E1B

triadic

#959E1B #1B959E #9E1B95

tetradic

#959E1B #1B9E66 #241B9E #9E1B54

square

#959E1B #1B9E66 #241B9E #9E1B54

split-complementary

#959E1B #1B549E #661B9E

monochromatic

#323509 #646A12 #959E1B #C6D224 #D8E152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#959E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#959E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959E1B

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959E1B	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 158, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.143 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ba66',
    500: '#959e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959e1b;
$custom-light: #b8ba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.122,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6699,
    "c": 0.14288,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959E1B

secondary

#5951C4

accent

#3AEE47

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #959E1B

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

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