#968C49#968C49

#968C49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.089 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968C49
RGB	rgb(150, 140, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 51.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -5.69, 36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 37.25, 98.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0169 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.089 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1590, 25.7220, 10.0470)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968C49 #495396

analogous

#966549 #968C49 #799649

triadic

#968C49 #49968C #8C4996

tetradic

#968C49 #499665 #495396 #964979

square

#968C49 #499665 #495396 #964979

split-complementary

#968C49 #497996 #654996

monochromatic

#443F21 #6D6635 #968C49 #B5AB67 #C9C290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#968C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#968C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968C49

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968C49	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 140, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.089 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ad7d',
    500: '#968c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968c49;
$custom-light: #b7ad7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.208,
    "s": 34.529,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63401,
    "c": 0.089,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968C49

secondary

#868CB5

accent

#6BCB5D

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#11100A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #968C49

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

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