#968E2A#968E2A

#968E2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.118 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968E2A
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 72%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -9.04, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 52.27, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.03 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.118 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6695, 25.9981, 6.0141)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968E2A #2A3296

analogous

#96582A #968E2A #68962A

triadic

#968E2A #2A968E #8E2A96

tetradic

#968E2A #2A9658 #2A3296 #962A68

square

#968E2A #2A9658 #2A3296 #962A68

split-complementary

#968E2A #2A6896 #582A96

monochromatic

#36330F #66611D #968E2A #C6BB37 #D4CC66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#968E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#968E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968E2A

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968E2A	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B891A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.118 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae6a',
    500: '#968e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968e2a;
$custom-light: #b8ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63514,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968E2A

secondary

#6168BA

accent

#53E048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #968E2A

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

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