#968E2C#968E2C

#968E2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.117 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968E2C
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 44)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 70.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -8.93, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 51.48, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0295 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.117 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7062, 26.0127, 6.2073)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968E2C #2C3496

analogous

#96592C #968E2C #69962C

triadic

#968E2C #2C968E #8E2C96

tetradic

#968E2C #2C9659 #2C3496 #962C69

square

#968E2C #2C9659 #2C3496 #962C69

split-complementary

#968E2C #2C6996 #592C96

monochromatic

#373410 #67611E #968E2C #C5BB3A #D3CB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#968E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#968E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968E2C

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968E2C	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)

#9B891D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.117 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae6b',
    500: '#968e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968e2c;
$custom-light: #b8ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63529,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968E2C

secondary

#646ABA

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #968E2C

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

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