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Tailwind yellow-950

In Tailwind CSS 4.3.3, yellow-950 is defined as oklch(28.6% 0.066 53.813); in hex that is #432004, or rgb(67 32 4). White text on it reaches 14.51:1, passing WCAG AAA, and Recolor (recolor.page) can show it on a real page.

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#432004yellow-950
From the theme file of Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 (--color-yellow-950), converted with Recolor's color code, October 9, 2026
FormatValue
OKLCH, as Tailwind writes itoklch(28.6% 0.066 53.813)
Hex#432004
RGBrgb(67 32 4)
HSLhsl(27 89% 14%)
CSS variablevar(--color-yellow-950)
Nearest CSS namemaroon #800000, 0.133 away in OKLab
White text14.51:1: AA passes, AAA passes, large text passes
Black text1.45:1: AA fails, AAA fails, large text fails

About yellow-950

In OKLCH, yellow-950 has a lightness of 28.6%, a chroma of 0.066 and a hue of 53.8 degrees, which makes it a very dark brown. Yellow-950 is the last and darkest of the eleven yellow shades, 13.5 points under yellow-900. The name says yellow, the eye says brown: at 53.8 degrees, dark oranges and yellows look brown.

Its lightness is 14% in HSL and 28.6% in OKLCH, 15 points apart; only the second tracks how light it looks. The value lies inside sRGB, the gamut of a hex code, so yellow-950 converts to #432004 without losing chroma.

For text, yellow-950 wants white: 14.51:1 clears even AAA's 7:1, and black at 1.45:1 fails AA. On the yellow scale white text works from yellow-700 to yellow-950; yellow-950 has 3 shades of margin.

CSS has no keyword in its neighborhood; maroon (#800000) is the nearest, a long 0.133 away in OKLab.

Tints and shades

  1. #ded6d1
  2. #beaea5
  3. #9e887b
  4. #7f6452
  5. #61412c
  6. #432004
  7. #321702
  8. #230e01
  9. #140600
  10. #070200
  11. #010000

From light to dark: 5 toward white and 5 toward black, mixed in OKLCH a sixth of the way at a time with the hue kept. A step that would repeat its neighbor is left out.

A palette around it

  1. #432004
  2. #7bcbb5
  3. #1a6f5a
  4. #e1dcff
  5. #b28666

Locked as the first of five swatches, yellow-950 gets #7bcbb5, #1a6f5a, #e1dcff, #b28666 from Recolor's generator, a triadic palette, three hues a third of the wheel apart. The seed is its hex, so the palette stays the same. Open it in Recolor.

Using yellow-950

Pair it with text-white, 14.51:1; yellow-950 as text on a white page measures the same ratio. In CSS it is var(--color-yellow-950).

HTML
<a class="bg-yellow-950 text-white" href="/start">Get started</a>
<p class="text-yellow-950">Text in yellow-950</p>

Common questions

Does white text pass WCAG AA on Tailwind yellow-950?

Yes. White text measures 14.51:1 on yellow-950, above the 4.5:1 that WCAG AA asks of body text, and above AAA's 7:1 too.

Is Tailwind yellow-950 defined in OKLCH?

Yes. Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 defines it as --color-yellow-950: oklch(28.6% 0.066 53.813); #432004 is its conversion to sRGB.

Is there a CSS named color for Tailwind yellow-950?

No. The nearest CSS named color is maroon (#800000), 0.133 away in OKLab.

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