Exploring the Color #95922A

#95922A sits at 58° on the color wheel, placing it in the yellow family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 56% saturation and 37% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 149, 146, 42 produces a 6.42:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #95922A is a clear variant of CSS olive drab — about 43 units away from #6B8E23. Designers reach for yellow hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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