#977E23#977E23

#977E23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.110 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#977E23
RGB	rgb(151, 126, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 76.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, -0.12, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 49.97, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% -0.0056 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.11 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5279, 21.6236, 4.6823)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#977E23 #233C97

analogous

#974423 #977E23 #769723

triadic

#977E23 #23977E #7E2397

tetradic

#977E23 #239744 #233C97 #972376

square

#977E23 #239744 #233C97 #972376

split-complementary

#977E23 #237697 #442397

monochromatic

#342B0C #655517 #977E23 #C9A72F #D9BE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#977E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#977E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #977E23

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##977E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##977E23	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	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)

#8C7C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #977e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 126, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.110 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a365',
    500: '#977e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #977e23;
$custom-light: #b9a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#977e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.069,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60025,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#977E23

secondary

#586EBE

accent

#66E542

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #977E23

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

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