#969916#969916

#969916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.139 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969916
RGB	rgb(150, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(61, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -15.66, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 62.54, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0502 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.139 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1146, 29.3251, 5.1489)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969916 #191699

analogous

#995B16 #969916 #559916

triadic

#969916 #169699 #991696

tetradic

#969916 #16995B #191699 #991655

square

#969916 #16995B #191699 #991655

split-complementary

#969916 #165599 #5B1699

monochromatic

#2D2E07 #62630E #969916 #CACF1E #E1E445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#969916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#969916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #969916

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969916	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A18F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.139 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b663',
    500: '#969916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969916;
$custom-light: #b9b663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.374,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65902,
    "c": 0.13938,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969916

secondary

#4946C5

accent

#36F13B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #969916

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

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