#977D23#977D23

#977D23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.109 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#977D23
RGB	rgb(151, 125, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, 0.44, 49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 49.72, 89.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.004 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.109 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4006, 21.3691, 4.6399)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#977D23 #233D97

analogous

#974323 #977D23 #779723

triadic

#977D23 #23977D #7D2397

tetradic

#977D23 #239743 #233D97 #972377

square

#977D23 #239743 #233D97 #972377

split-complementary

#977D23 #237797 #432397

monochromatic

#342B0C #655417 #977D23 #C9A62F #D9BD5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#977D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#977D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #977D23

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##977D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##977D23	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4726B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #977d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 125, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.109 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a265',
    500: '#977d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #977d23;
$custom-light: #b9a265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#977d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.552,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59808,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#977D23

secondary

#586FBE

accent

#67E542

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #977D23

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

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