#968E22#968E22

#968E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.123 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968E22
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 77.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -9.42, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 55.19, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0319 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.123 105)
XYZ	xyz(22.5404, 25.9464, 5.3339)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968E22 #222A96

analogous

#965422 #968E22 #649622

triadic

#968E22 #22968E #8E2296

tetradic

#968E22 #229654 #222A96 #962264

square

#968E22 #229654 #222A96 #962264

split-complementary

#968E22 #226496 #542296

monochromatic

#32300B #645F17 #968E22 #C8BD2D #D9D159

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#968E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#968E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968E22

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968E22	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)

#9B8909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.123 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae66',
    500: '#968e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968e22;
$custom-light: #b8ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63459,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.25946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968E22

secondary

#565DBE

accent

#4DE642

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #968E22

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

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