#987D21#987D21

#987D21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.111 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987D21
RGB	rgb(152, 125, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 78.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, 0.82, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 50.60, 89.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% -0.0032 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.111 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5582, 21.4537, 4.4967)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987D21 #213C98

analogous

#984221 #987D21 #789821

triadic

#987D21 #21987D #7D2198

tetradic

#987D21 #219842 #213C98 #982178

square

#987D21 #219842 #213C98 #982178

split-complementary

#987D21 #217898 #422198

monochromatic

#332A0B #665416 #987D21 #CAA62C #DBBD59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#987D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#987D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987D21

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987D21	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)

#8C7B0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5726B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 125, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.111 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa264',
    500: '#987d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987d21;
$custom-light: #baa264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.387,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59901,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987D21

secondary

#566EBF

accent

#66E740

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #987D21

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

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