#977D2B#977D2B

#977D2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.104 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#977D2B
RGB	rgb(151, 125, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 71.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 0.84, 46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 46.48, 88.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% -0.0019 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.104 91)
XYZ	xyz(20.5333, 21.4222, 5.3384)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#977D2B #2B4597

analogous

#97472B #977D2B #7B972B

triadic

#977D2B #2B977D #7D2B97

tetradic

#977D2B #2B9747 #2B4597 #972B7B

square

#977D2B #2B9747 #2B4597 #972B7B

split-complementary

#977D2B #2B7B97 #472B97

monochromatic

#382E10 #67561D #977D2B #C7A439 #D4BA68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#977D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#977D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #977D2B

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##977D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##977D2B	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91832F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #977d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 125, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.104 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a269',
    500: '#977d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #977d2b;
$custom-light: #b9a269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#977d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59872,
    "c": 0.10396,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.21421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#977D2B

secondary

#6378BB

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #977D2B

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

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