#977E1A#977E1A

#977E1A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.115 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#977E1A
RGB	rgb(151, 126, 26)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(48, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 82.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, -0.47, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 53.11, 90.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% -0.0075 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.115 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4110, 21.5768, 4.0668)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#977E1A #1A3397

analogous

#97401A #977E1A #72971A

triadic

#977E1A #1A977E #7E1A97

tetradic

#977E1A #1A9740 #1A3397 #971A72

square

#977E1A #1A9740 #1A3397 #971A72

split-complementary

#977E1A #1A7297 #401A97

monochromatic

#2F2708 #635211 #977E1A #CBAA23 #E0C24B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#977E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#977E1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #977E1A

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##977E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##977E1A	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #977e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 126, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.115 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa361',
    500: '#977e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #977e1a;
$custom-light: #baa361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#977e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59969,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#977E1A

secondary

#4B63C2

accent

#5EED3A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #977E1A

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

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