#968B2B#968B2B

#968B2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.115 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968B2B
RGB	rgb(150, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 71.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, -7.36, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 50.79, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0252 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.115 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2473, 25.1246, 5.9627)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968B2B #2B3696

analogous

#96562B #968B2B #6B962B

triadic

#968B2B #2B968B #8B2B96

tetradic

#968B2B #2B9656 #2B3696 #962B6B

square

#968B2B #2B9656 #2B3696 #962B6B

split-complementary

#968B2B #2B6B96 #562B96

monochromatic

#373310 #665F1D #968B2B #C6B739 #D4C968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#968B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#968B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968B2B

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968B2B	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98861C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.115 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac6b',
    500: '#968b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968b2b;
$custom-light: #b8ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 55.44,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62849,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968B2B

secondary

#636CBA

accent

#58DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #968B2B

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

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