#968E2D#968E2D

#968E2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.116 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968E2D
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 70%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -8.88, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 51.07, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0292 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.116 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7252, 26.0204, 6.3075)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968E2D #2D3596

analogous

#965A2D #968E2D #69962D

triadic

#968E2D #2D968E #8E2D96

tetradic

#968E2D #2D965A #2D3596 #962D69

square

#968E2D #2D965A #2D3596 #962D69

split-complementary

#968E2D #2D6996 #5A2D96

monochromatic

#383511 #67611F #968E2D #C4BA3C #D3CB6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#968E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#968E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968E2D

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968E2D	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)

#9B891F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.116 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae6c',
    500: '#968e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968e2d;
$custom-light: #b8ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63537,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968E2D

secondary

#656CB9

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #968E2D

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

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