#959E2B#959E2B

#959E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.135 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959E2B
RGB	rgb(149, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 72.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -17.85, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 58.25, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% -0.0546 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.135 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0581, 31.0182, 6.9521)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959E2B #342B9E

analogous

#9E6E2B #959E2B #5B9E2B

triadic

#959E2B #2B959E #9E2B95

tetradic

#959E2B #2B9E6E #342B9E #9E2B5B

square

#959E2B #2B9E6E #342B9E #9E2B5B

split-complementary

#959E2B #2B5B9E #6E2B9E

monochromatic

#3A3E11 #686E1E #959E2B #BFCA3C #CFD76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#959E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#959E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959E2B

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959E2B	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.135 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ba6d',
    500: '#959e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959e2b;
$custom-light: #b7ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.696,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6708,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959E2B

secondary

#6E67BE

accent

#47E053

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #959E2B

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

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