#917D2A#917D2A

#917D2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.104 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#917D2A
RGB	rgb(145, 125, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 71%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, -1.97, 46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 46.12, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% -0.0097 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.104 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4296, 20.8552, 5.1921)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#917D2A #2A3E91

analogous

#914A2A #917D2A #72912A

triadic

#917D2A #2A917D #7D2A91

tetradic

#917D2A #2A914A #2A3E91 #912A72

square

#917D2A #2A914A #2A3E91 #912A72

split-complementary

#917D2A #2A7291 #4A2A91

monochromatic

#322B0F #62541C #917D2A #C0A638 #D2BC63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#917D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#917D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #917D2A

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##917D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##917D2A	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F812F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #917d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 125, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.104 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4a269',
    500: '#917d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #917d2a;
$custom-light: #b4a269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#917d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.35,
    "s": 55.08,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59239,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#917D2A

secondary

#5F70B8

accent

#66DE49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #917D2A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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