#968C2A#968C2A

#968C2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.116 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968C2A
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 72%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -7.96, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 51.54, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.027 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.116 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3746, 25.4083, 5.9158)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968C2A #2A3496

analogous

#96562A #968C2A #6A962A

triadic

#968C2A #2A968C #8C2A96

tetradic

#968C2A #2A9656 #2A3496 #962A6A

square

#968C2A #2A9656 #2A3496 #962A6A

split-complementary

#968C2A #2A6A96 #562A96

monochromatic

#36330F #665F1D #968C2A #C6B937 #D4CA66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#968C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#968C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968C2A

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968C2A	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99871A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.116 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ad6a',
    500: '#968c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968c2a;
$custom-light: #b8ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63065,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968C2A

secondary

#616ABA

accent

#56E048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #968C2A

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

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