#969C38#969C38

#969C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.123 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969C38
RGB	rgb(150, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 64.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -15.61, 49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 52.25, 107.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.047 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.123 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1806, 30.5470, 8.3103)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969C38 #3E389C

analogous

#9C7038 #969C38 #649C38

triadic

#969C38 #38969C #9C3896

tetradic

#969C38 #389C70 #3E389C #9C3864

square

#969C38 #389C70 #3E389C #9C3864

split-complementary

#969C38 #38649C #70389C

monochromatic

#3F4218 #6B6F28 #969C38 #BAC051 #CCD17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#969C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#969C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969C38

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969C38	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.123 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b974',
    500: '#969c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969c38;
$custom-light: #b7b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.6,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6681,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969C38

secondary

#7A76BA

accent

#51D759

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #969C38

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

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