#968B59#968B59

#968B59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.070 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968B59
RGB	rgb(150, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 40.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -3.45, 28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 28.43, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0088 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.07 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6139, 25.6713, 13.1604)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968B59 #596496

analogous

#966D59 #968B59 #839659

triadic

#968B59 #59968B #8B5996

tetradic

#968B59 #59966D #596496 #965983

square

#968B59 #59966D #596496 #965983

split-complementary

#968B59 #598396 #6D5996

monochromatic

#49442B #706742 #968B59 #B1A77B #C8C1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#968B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#968B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968B59

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968B59	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.070 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6ac88',
    500: '#968b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968b59;
$custom-light: #b6ac88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 25.523,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63437,
    "c": 0.06975,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968B59

secondary

#959BB5

accent

#76C266

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#11100B

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #968B59

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

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