#969517#969517

#969517 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.135 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969517
RGB	rgb(150, 149, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(60, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 84.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -13.53, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 60.88, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0443 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.135 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4807, 28.0415, 4.9861)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969517 #171896

analogous

#965617 #969517 #589617

triadic

#969517 #179695 #951796

tetradic

#969517 #179656 #171896 #961758

square

#969517 #179656 #171896 #961758

split-complementary

#969517 #175896 #561796

monochromatic

#2C2C07 #61600F #969517 #CBCA1F #E2E145

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#969517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#969517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #969517

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969517	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 149, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.135 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b363',
    500: '#969517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969517;
$custom-light: #b9b363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64991,
    "c": 0.13504,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969517

secondary

#4546C3

accent

#39F038

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #969517

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

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