#968B2C#968B2C

#968B2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.114 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968B2C
RGB	rgb(150, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 70.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, -7.31, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 50.38, 98.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0249 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.114 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2659, 25.1320, 6.0605)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968B2C #2C3796

analogous

#96562C #968B2C #6C962C

triadic

#968B2C #2C968B #8B2C96

tetradic

#968B2C #2C9656 #2C3796 #962C6C

square

#968B2C #2C9656 #2C3796 #962C6C

split-complementary

#968B2C #2C6C96 #562C96

monochromatic

#373310 #675F1E #968B2C #C5B73A #D3C869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#968B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#968B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968B2C

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968B2C	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.114 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac6b',
    500: '#968b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968b2c;
$custom-light: #b8ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.774,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62857,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968B2C

secondary

#646DBA

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #968B2C

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

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