#977A23#977A23

#977A23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.108 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#977A23
RGB	rgb(151, 122, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, 2.13, 48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 48.98, 87.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.0009 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.108 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0266, 20.6210, 4.5152)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#977A23 #234097

analogous

#974023 #977A23 #7A9723

triadic

#977A23 #23977A #7A2397

tetradic

#977A23 #239740 #234097 #97237A

square

#977A23 #239740 #234097 #97237A

split-complementary

#977A23 #237A97 #402397

monochromatic

#342A0C #655217 #977A23 #C9A22F #D9BA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#977A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#977A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #977A23

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##977A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##977A23	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #977a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 122, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.108 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a065',
    500: '#977a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #977a23;
$custom-light: #b9a065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#977a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59163,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#977A23

secondary

#5872BE

accent

#6BE542

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #977A23

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

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