#977B23#977B23

#977B23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.108 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#977B23
RGB	rgb(151, 123, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, 1.57, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 49.22, 88.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0007 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.108 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1500, 20.8678, 4.5564)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#977B23 #233F97

analogous

#974123 #977B23 #799723

triadic

#977B23 #23977B #7B2397

tetradic

#977B23 #239741 #233F97 #972379

square

#977B23 #239741 #233F97 #972379

split-complementary

#977B23 #237997 #412397

monochromatic

#342A0C #655317 #977B23 #C9A32F #D9BB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#977B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#977B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #977B23

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##977B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##977B23	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)

#8A7914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #977b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 123, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.108 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a065',
    500: '#977b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #977b23;
$custom-light: #b9a065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#977b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59377,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#977B23

secondary

#5871BE

accent

#6AE542

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #977B23

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

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