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#968148

a dark, soft yellow · warm · closest name: Olive

Token name suggestion: Dusk Straw

RGB
150, 129, 72
HSL
44°, 35%, 44%
CMYK
0, 14, 52, 41
Luminance
0.2265

#968148 is a dark soft yellow, 44° on the wheel and 12/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.53:1). As text it scores 3.80:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Olive, nearest Tailwind family is stone.

hsl(44 35% 44%)rgb(150 129 72)Base step 700AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #968148 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#968148
Hue
44°
yellow
Saturation
35%
soft
Lightness
44%
dark
Brightness
59%
HSV value
Perceived
51%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2265
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
12/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
5.53:1
Closest name
Olive
ΔE2000 11
Chroma
33.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.610
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
stone
500 · ΔE 18
Web-safe
#999933
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue44° of 360°
Saturation35%
Lightness44%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #968148.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool12% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red29%
Green69%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#968148
HEX (8-digit)#968148ff
RGBrgb(150, 129, 72)
RGBArgba(150, 129, 72, 1)
HSLhsl(44, 35%, 44%)
HSV / HSBhsv(44, 52%, 59%)
HWBhwb(44 28% 41%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14%, 52%, 41%)
LABlab(54.7 0.3 33.6)
LCHlch(54.7 33.6 89.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.610 0.080 89.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(21.60, 22.65, 9.36)
Decimal9863496
Display P3color(display-p3 0.588 0.506 0.282)
Web-safe#999933

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #968148;
background-color: #968148;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #968148;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#968148] bg-[#968148]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #968148;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.588, green: 0.506, blue: 0.282)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.588, green: 0.506, blue: 0.282, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#968148</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF968148)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF968148)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(72, 129, 150)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(150, 129, 72)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(150, 129, 72)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 150, 129, 72)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5882f, 0.5059f, 0.2824f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{150,129,72}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #968148 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #968148 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#564A29, #EBE5D6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #968148 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9F8F5;
  --brand-100: #F4F2EC;
  --brand-200: #E8E3D4;
  --brand-300: #DBD0B3;
  --brand-400: #C8B88D;
  --brand-500: #B6A167;
  --brand-600: #A58E4F;
  --brand-700: #968148;
  --brand-800: #6E5F35;
  --brand-900: #514629;
  --brand-950: #332C1A;
  --brand: #968148;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF9F5;
  --brand-border: #E5DDC8;
  --brand-hover: #7E6C3C;
  --brand-pressed: #665731;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242014;
    --brand-ink: #EBE5D6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F8F5',
        100: '#F4F2EC',
        200: '#E8E3D4',
        300: '#DBD0B3',
        400: '#C8B88D',
        500: '#B6A167',
        600: '#A58E4F',
        700: '#968148',
        800: '#6E5F35',
        900: '#514629',
        950: '#332C1A',
        DEFAULT: '#968148',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F8F5,
  '100': #F4F2EC,
  '200': #E8E3D4,
  '300': #DBD0B3,
  '400': #C8B88D,
  '500': #B6A167,
  '600': #A58E4F,
  '700': #968148,
  '800': #6E5F35,
  '900': #514629,
  '950': #332C1A,
);
$brand-base: #968148;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F8F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4F2EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E8E3D4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DBD0B3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C8B88D", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B6A167", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A58E4F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#968148", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6E5F35", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#514629", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#332C1A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #968148 · 5.53:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.80:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.53:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #968148 as text scores 3.80:1 on white and 5.53:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #564A29 at 2.30:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#887541 · 4.50:1
AA on white−4% L
#887541
The quick fox
#665731 · 7.06:1
AAA on white−14% L
#665731
The quick fox
#968148 · 5.53:1
AA on blackalready passes
#968148
The quick fox
#AB9352 · 7.03:1
AAA on black+6% L
#AB9352

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #968148 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#968148 on white: 3.80:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#968148 on black: 5.53:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #968148 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #968148.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.80:1AaAa
Slate 503.63:1AaAa
Slate 1003.47:1AaAa
Slate 2003.08:1AaAa
Slate 3002.56:1AaAa
Slate 4001.48:1AaAa
Slate 5001.25:1AaAa
Slate 6002.00:1AaAa
Slate 7002.73:1AaAa
Slate 8003.85:1AaAa
Slate 9004.70:1AaAa
Black5.53:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8C7F43
deuteranopia · #92854A
tritanopia · #A17973

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #968148 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F8F5
#F4F2EC
#E8E3D4
#DBD0B3
#C8B88D
#B6A167
#A58E4F
#968148
#6E5F35
#514629
#332C1A
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F9F8F5Darkest = 950 · #332C1AText step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.020 89.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.032 89.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.048 89.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.063 89.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.074 89.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.080 89.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.080 89.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.075 89.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.067 89.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.056 89.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.044 89.7);
}

Colors that work with #968148

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF9F5
Tinted page background
Border#E5DDC8
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B854B
Captions on the surface
Accent#44719A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#564A29
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7F4EE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242014
Dark-mode background
Hover#7E6C3C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#665731
Two steps down
Disabled#BAB094
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B09242
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #968148

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Black text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #564A29
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight57/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#485D96
Analogous left#965A48
Analogous right#849648
Split-complement 1#488496
Split-complement 2#5A4896
Triadic 1#489681
Triadic 2#814896
Tetradic#48965A
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°44°

#968148 sits at 44°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red58.8%
Green50.6%
Blue28.2%
R · 0–255
150
0x96
G · 0–255
129
0x81
B · 0–255
72
0x48

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta14.0%
Yellow52.0%
Key (black)41.2%

Total ink coverage is 107%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#968148 text on a black background

contrast 5.53:1

Card sample

#968148 text on a white background

contrast 3.80:1

Card sample

#968148 on grey

3.47:1

#968148 on its own surface

3.60:1

#968148 on its dark surface

4.28:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #968148;
Background color
Panel with #968148 background
background-color: #968148;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #968148;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(150, 129, 72, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(150, 129, 72, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #968148;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #968148, #779648);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #968148, #649648);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #968148;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #968148;
caret-color: #968148;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #968148;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7F4EE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #968148;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#968148 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #968148 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(150, 129, 72, 0.5)
rgb(150 129 72 / 50%)
#96814880
hsl(44 35% 44% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #968148 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#9681481a#F5F2ED
20%#96814833#EAE6DA
40%#96814866#D5CDB6
60%#96814899#C0B391
80%#968148cc#AB9A6D

Gradients from #968148

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #B5A066, #968148 45%, #564A29);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #968148, #61813E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #968148, #485D96);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #BFAD7A 0%, #968148 45%, #564A29 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF9F5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B26B5F 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #8FAB52 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #564A29 0%, transparent 65%), #968148;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #968148

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#968148 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.53:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#968148, answered

What color is #968148?

#968148 is a dark soft yellow, closest to Olive (ΔE2000 11). It sits at 44° on the hue wheel with 35% saturation and 44% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #968148?

rgb(150, 129, 72) — 150 red, 129 green and 72 blue out of 255, or 58.8% / 50.6% / 28.2% by channel.

What is #968148 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(44, 35%, 44%) and hsv(44, 52%, 59%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #968148 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2265 and perceived brightness is 51%, so black text on it reaches 5.53:1.

Should I use black or white text on #968148?

Black. It scores 5.53:1 against #968148, versus 3.80:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #968148 accessible on a white background?

#968148 on white scores 3.80:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #887541 to reach 4.5:1, or #665731 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #968148?

#485D96 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #488496 and #5A4896, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #968148?

For interface work: #FAF9F5 as the surface, #E5DDC8 for borders, #9B854B for secondary text, #44719A as an accent and #564A29 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #965A48 and #849648 stays calm, while #485D96 is the loudest partner.

What is #968148 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 14%, 52%, 41%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #968148 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 12 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #966F48; nudged cooler, #909846.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #968148?

The stone family — its 500 step is #78716c, ΔE2000 18 away. That is a visible difference, so define #968148 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #968148 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#968148] or text-[#968148], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #968148 with 50% opacity?

rgba(150, 129, 72, 0.5), or #96814880 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CBC0A4; over black, #4B4124.

Is #968148 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #999933, ΔE2000 11.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #968148 mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #968148?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #B5A066, #968148 45%, #564A29). For more colour, a short hue run to #61813E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #968148 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #968148 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.