#968C2E#968C2E

#968C2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.114 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968C2E
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 69.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, -7.74, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 49.92, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0259 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.114 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4498, 25.4384, 6.3118)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968C2E #2E3896

analogous

#96582E #968C2E #6C962E

triadic

#968C2E #2E968C #8C2E96

tetradic

#968C2E #2E9658 #2E3896 #962E6C

square

#968C2E #2E9658 #2E3896 #962E6C

split-complementary

#968C2E #2E6C96 #582E96

monochromatic

#383511 #676020 #968C2E #C4B73E #D2C86C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#968C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#968C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968C2E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968C2E	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.114 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ad6c',
    500: '#968c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968c2e;
$custom-light: #b8ad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63097,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968C2E

secondary

#676FB9

accent

#59DC4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #968C2E

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

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