#968E2E#968E2E

#968E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.115 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968E2E
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 69.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -8.82, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 50.67, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.029 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.115 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7447, 26.0282, 6.4101)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968E2E #2E3696

analogous

#965A2E #968E2E #6A962E

triadic

#968E2E #2E968E #8E2E96

tetradic

#968E2E #2E965A #2E3696 #962E6A

square

#968E2E #2E965A #2E3696 #962E6A

split-complementary

#968E2E #2E6A96 #5A2E96

monochromatic

#383511 #676220 #968E2E #C4B93E #D2CA6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#968E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#968E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968E2E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968E2E	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.115 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ae6d',
    500: '#968e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968e2e;
$custom-light: #b8ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63545,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968E2E

secondary

#676DB9

accent

#56DC4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #968E2E

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

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