#969617#969617

#969617 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.136 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969617
RGB	rgb(150, 150, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(60, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 84.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -14.06, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 61.23, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0457 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.136 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6396, 28.3593, 5.0391)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969617 #171796

analogous

#965717 #969617 #579617

triadic

#969617 #179696 #961796

tetradic

#969617 #179657 #171796 #961757

square

#969617 #179657 #171796 #961757

split-complementary

#969617 #175796 #571796

monochromatic

#2C2C07 #61610F #969617 #CBCB1F #E2E245

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#969617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#969617 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #969617

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969617	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 150, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.136 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b463',
    500: '#969617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969617;
$custom-light: #b9b463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65219,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969617

secondary

#4545C3

accent

#38F038

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #969617

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

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