#968B22#968B22

#968B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.120 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968B22
RGB	rgb(150, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 77.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.14, -7.80, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.14, 54.16, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.0273 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.12 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1000, 25.0657, 5.1871)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968B22 #222D96

analogous

#965122 #968B22 #679622

triadic

#968B22 #22968B #8B2296

tetradic

#968B22 #229651 #222D96 #962267

square

#968B22 #229651 #222D96 #962267

split-complementary

#968B22 #226796 #512296

monochromatic

#322F0B #645D17 #968B22 #C8B92D #D9CD59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#968B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#968B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968B22

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968B22	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)

#98860B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.120 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac66',
    500: '#968b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968b22;
$custom-light: #b8ac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62785,
    "c": 0.12048,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968B22

secondary

#5660BE

accent

#51E642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #968B22

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

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