#968B2E#968B2E

#968B2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.113 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968B2E
RGB	rgb(150, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 69.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, -7.19, 49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 49.56, 98.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.0244 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.113 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3044, 25.1474, 6.2633)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968B2E #2E3996

analogous

#96572E #968B2E #6D962E

triadic

#968B2E #2E968B #8B2E96

tetradic

#968B2E #2E9657 #2E3996 #962E6D

square

#968B2E #2E9657 #2E3996 #962E6D

split-complementary

#968B2E #2E6D96 #572E96

monochromatic

#383411 #676020 #968B2E #C4B53E #D2C76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#968B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#968B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968B2E

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968B2E	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)

#988721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.113 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ac6c',
    500: '#968b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968b2e;
$custom-light: #b8ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.654,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62873,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968B2E

secondary

#676FB9

accent

#5BDC4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #968B2E

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

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