#917D2B#917D2B

#917D2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.103 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#917D2B
RGB	rgb(145, 125, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 70.3%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, -1.91, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 45.69, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0094 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.103 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4477, 20.8624, 5.2875)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#917D2B #2B3F91

analogous

#914A2B #917D2B #72912B

triadic

#917D2B #2B917D #7D2B91

tetradic

#917D2B #2B914A #2B3F91 #912B72

square

#917D2B #2B914A #2B3F91 #912B72

split-complementary

#917D2B #2B7291 #4A2B91

monochromatic

#332C0F #62541D #917D2B #C0A639 #D1BC65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#917D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#917D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #917D2B

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##917D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##917D2B	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)

#8A7A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F812F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #917d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 125, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.103 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4a269',
    500: '#917d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #917d2b;
$custom-light: #b4a269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#917d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 54.255,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59248,
    "c": 0.10286,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#917D2B

secondary

#6071B8

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #917D2B

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

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