#977E2E#977E2E

#977E2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.102 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#977E2E
RGB	rgb(151, 126, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 69.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, 0.45, 45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 45.45, 89.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.0026 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.102 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7176, 21.6995, 5.6814)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#977E2E #2E4797

analogous

#97492E #977E2E #7B972E

triadic

#977E2E #2E977E #7E2E97

tetradic

#977E2E #2E9749 #2E4797 #972E7B

square

#977E2E #2E9749 #2E4797 #972E7B

split-complementary

#977E2E #2E7B97 #492E97

monochromatic

#393011 #685720 #977E2E #C4A43E #D2BA6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#977E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#977E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #977E2E

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##977E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##977E2E	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #977e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 126, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.102 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a36b',
    500: '#977e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #977e2e;
$custom-light: #b9a36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#977e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60115,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#977E2E

secondary

#677BBA

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #977E2E

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

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