#917E2B#917E2B

#917E2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.104 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#917E2B
RGB	rgb(145, 126, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 70.3%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -2.47, 45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 46.00, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.011 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.104 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5749, 21.1169, 5.3299)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#917E2B #2B3E91

analogous

#914B2B #917E2B #71912B

triadic

#917E2B #2B917E #7E2B91

tetradic

#917E2B #2B914B #2B3E91 #912B71

square

#917E2B #2B914B #2B3E91 #912B71

split-complementary

#917E2B #2B7191 #4B2B91

monochromatic

#332C0F #62551D #917E2B #C0A739 #D1BD65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#917E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#917E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #917E2B

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##917E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##917E2B	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #917e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 126, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.104 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4a369',
    500: '#917e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #917e2b;
$custom-light: #b4a369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#917e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.824,
    "s": 54.255,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59469,
    "c": 0.10361,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#917E2B

secondary

#6070B8

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #917E2B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →