#968E21#968E21

#968E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.124 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968E21
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 78%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, -9.46, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 55.53, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0321 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.124 105)
XYZ	xyz(22.5262, 25.9407, 5.2590)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968E21 #212996

analogous

#965321 #968E21 #639621

triadic

#968E21 #21968E #8E2196

tetradic

#968E21 #219653 #212996 #962163

square

#968E21 #219653 #212996 #962163

split-complementary

#968E21 #216396 #532196

monochromatic

#322F0B #645F16 #968E21 #C8BD2C #DAD157

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#968E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#968E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968E21

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968E21	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.124 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae66',
    500: '#968e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968e21;
$custom-light: #b8ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63453,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.2594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968E21

secondary

#555CBE

accent

#4CE741

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #968E21

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

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