What color is #948D76?

#948D76 is a grayish yellow, closest to the named color Wilderness. It belongs to the brown family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #948D76?

The RGB value is 148, 141, 118: 148 red, 141 green and 118 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #948D76?

The complementary color is #767D94, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #948D76?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.33:1 and white text 3.32:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#948D76 color

#948D76 rgb(148, 141, 118)

Shades of brown

The hex color #948D76 is a grayish yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 58% red, 55.3% green and 46.3% blue (148, 141, 118).

Its hue angle is 46°, with 12% saturation and 52% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 20% yellow and 42% black.

The closest named color is Wilderness (#8F886C), a difference of 2.6 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.33:1).

#948D76 color codes

HEX	`#948D76`
RGB	`rgb(148, 141, 118)`
RGB percent	`rgb(58%, 55.3%, 46.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(46, 12%, 52%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(46, 20%, 58%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 5%, 20%, 42%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(58.65, -1.39, 13.23)`
CIE LCH	`lch(58.65, 13.3, 95.99)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.008, 26.654, 20.963)`
Decimal	`9735542`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #948D76, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #948D76	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.33:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.32:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#948D76 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.32:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.33:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #948D76 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #948d76; }
.text { color: #948d76; }
.border { border: 2px solid #948d76; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(148 141 118 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #948d76, #8c9476); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Stone.

Questions

What color is #948D76?: #948D76 is a grayish yellow, closest to the named color Wilderness. It belongs to the brown family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #948D76?: The RGB value is 148, 141, 118: 148 red, 141 green and 118 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #948D76?: The complementary color is #767D94, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #948D76?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.33:1 and white text 3.32:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.