HEX atlas value

#969603

#969603 is a warm yellow HEX color close to Olive. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 150, 150, 3, HSL 60, 96%, 30%, has luminance 0.283, and belongs to the balanced group.

yellow warm balanced

#969603 Sample readable text

HEX #969603

RGB rgb(150, 150, 3)

HSL hsl(60 96% 30%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 0, 98, 41)

Luminance 0.283

Contrast Black 6.66:1White 3.15:1

CSS

--color-969603: #969603;
.background-969603 { background-color: #969603; }
.text-969603 { color: #969603; }

Luminance0.283

Black text6.66:1AA Pass

White text3.15:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#969603","rgb":[150,150,3],"hsl":[60,96,30],"cmyk":[0,0,98,41],"luminance":0.283,"contrast":{"black":6.66,"white":3.15}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":6.66,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":3.15,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F0F005","hex":"#F0F005","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.17,"contrastWhite":1.22,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#030396","hex":"#030396","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.46,"contrastWhite":14.4,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#3C3C01","hex":"#3C3C01","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.84,"contrastWhite":11.43,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Acid Green","hex":"#B0BF1A","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.31,"contrastWhite":2.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#999900","hex":"#999900","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":6.91,"contrastWhite":3.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","balanced","balanced yellow","Olive adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/969603.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-goldenrod.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/acid-green.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#030396","analogous":["#964C03","#4D9603"],"triadic":["#039696","#960396"],"tetradic":["#03964D","#030396","#96034D"],"splitComplementary":["#034C96","#4C0396"],"monochromatic":["#F0F005","#969603","#3C3C01"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F0F005","dark":"#3C3C01","saturated":"#999900","desaturated":"#858514","pastel":"#E9E92F","neon":"#C2C200"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"olive","name":"Olive","hex":"#808000","distance":31.25699921617557},{"slug":"dark-goldenrod","name":"Dark Goldenrod","hex":"#B8860B","distance":38.41874542459709},{"slug":"acid-green","name":"Acid Green","hex":"#B0BF1A","distance":53.72150407425317},{"slug":"olive-drab","name":"Olive Drab","hex":"#6B8E23","distance":54.194095619356915},{"slug":"olive-leaf","name":"Olive Leaf","hex":"#6B8E23","distance":54.194095619356915}]

HEX meaning and use

About #969603

#969603 is classified as a warm yellow value with balanced visual character. #969603 is visually closest to Olive, a named yellow color with HEX #808000.

The RGB channels are 150, 150, and 3, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 60deg with 96% saturation and 30% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and highlight and warning systems. Its luminance is 0.283, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 31.26, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text6.66:1AA Pass

White text3.15:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #969603 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000006.66:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF3.15:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F0F005#000000 text · best 17.17:1#F0F005

#030396#FFFFFF text · best 14.4:1#030396

#3C3C01#FFFFFF text · best 11.43:1#3C3C01

Acid Green#000000 text · best 10.31:1#B0BF1A

#999900#000000 text · best 6.91:1#999900

Generated Palette

#969603#969603

#030396#030396

#964C03#964C03

#4D9603#4D9603

#F0F005#F0F005

#3C3C01#3C3C01

Color Harmonies

#030396#030396

#964C03#964C03

#4D9603#4D9603

#039696#039696

#960396#960396

Variants

#F0F005#F0F005

#3C3C01#3C3C01

#999900#999900

#858514#858514

#E9E92F#E9E92F

#C2C200#C2C200

Nearest Named Colors

Olive#808000

Dark Goldenrod#B8860B

Acid Green#B0BF1A

Olive Drab#6B8E23

Olive Leaf#6B8E23

#969603

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #969603

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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