#968B21#968B21

#968B21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.121 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968B21
RGB	rgb(150, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 78%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -7.84, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 54.51, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0276 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.121 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0858, 25.0600, 5.1123)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968B21 #212C96

analogous

#965021 #968B21 #669621

triadic

#968B21 #21968B #8B2196

tetradic

#968B21 #219650 #212C96 #962166

square

#968B21 #219650 #212C96 #962166

split-complementary

#968B21 #216696 #502196

monochromatic

#322E0B #645D16 #968B21 #C8B92C #DACE57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#968B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#968B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968B21

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968B21	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.121 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac66',
    500: '#968b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968b21;
$custom-light: #b8ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62779,
    "c": 0.12104,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968B21

secondary

#555FBE

accent

#50E741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #968B21

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

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