#968E38#968E38

#968E38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.107 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#968E38
RGB	rgb(150, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 62.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -8.18, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 46.32, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.026 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.107 104)
XYZ	xyz(22.9653, 26.1164, 7.5719)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#968E38 #384096

analogous

#965F38 #968E38 #6F9638

triadic

#968E38 #38968E #8E3896

tetradic

#968E38 #38965F #384096 #96386F

square

#968E38 #38965F #384096 #96386F

split-complementary

#968E38 #386F96 #5F3896

monochromatic

#3D3A17 #696427 #968E38 #BDB44E #CEC77B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#968E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#968E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #968E38

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##968E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##968E38	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #968e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.107 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7ae72',
    500: '#968e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #968e38;
$custom-light: #b7ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#968e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 45.631,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63639,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.26116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#968E38

secondary

#7379B7

accent

#5ED552

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #968E38

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

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