#977E2A#977E2A

#977E2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.105 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#977E2A
RGB	rgb(151, 126, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 72.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, 0.22, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 47.17, 89.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% -0.0037 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.105 92)
XYZ	xyz(20.6424, 21.6694, 5.2854)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#977E2A #2A4397

analogous

#97482A #977E2A #79972A

triadic

#977E2A #2A977E #7E2A97

tetradic

#977E2A #2A9748 #2A4397 #972A79

square

#977E2A #2A9748 #2A4397 #972A79

split-complementary

#977E2A #2A7997 #482A97

monochromatic

#372E0F #67561D #977E2A #C7A637 #D5BB67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#977E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#977E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #977E2A

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##977E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##977E2A	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #977e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 126, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.105 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a369',
    500: '#977e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #977e2a;
$custom-light: #b9a369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#977e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.239,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60079,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.21668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#977E2A

secondary

#6276BB

accent

#6BE048

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #977E2A

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

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