#977D2E#977D2E

#977D2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.102 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#977D2E
RGB	rgb(151, 125, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 69.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 1.01, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 45.17, 88.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% -0.001 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.102 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5903, 21.4450, 5.6390)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#977D2E #2E4897

analogous

#97482E #977D2E #7C972E

triadic

#977D2E #2E977D #7D2E97

tetradic

#977D2E #2E9748 #2E4897 #972E7C

square

#977D2E #2E9748 #2E4897 #972E7C

split-complementary

#977D2E #2E7C97 #482E97

monochromatic

#392F11 #685620 #977D2E #C4A33E #D2B96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#977D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#977D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #977D2E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##977D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##977D2E	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3736D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #977d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 125, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.102 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a26b',
    500: '#977d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #977d2e;
$custom-light: #b9a26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#977d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.143,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59899,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#977D2E

secondary

#677CBA

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #977D2E

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

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