#969E16#969E16

#969E16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.144 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#969E16
RGB	rgb(150, 158, 22)
HSL	hsl(64, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(64, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -18.23, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 64.38, 106.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.0573 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.144 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9502, 30.9962, 5.4275)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#969E16 #1E169E

analogous

#9E6216 #969E16 #529E16

triadic

#969E16 #16969E #9E1696

tetradic

#969E16 #169E62 #1E169E #9E1652

square

#969E16 #169E62 #1E169E #9E1652

split-complementary

#969E16 #16529E #62169E

monochromatic

#303307 #63680F #969E16 #C9D41D #DCE649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#969E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#969E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #969E16

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##969E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##969E16	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #969e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 158, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.144 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9ba64',
    500: '#969e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #969e16;
$custom-light: #b9ba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#969e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67053,
    "c": 0.14449,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#969E16

secondary

#5049C7

accent

#36F241

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #969E16

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

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