#987D2B#987D2B

#987D2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.104 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987D2B
RGB	rgb(152, 125, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 71.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 1.30, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 46.63, 88.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% -0.0006 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.104 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7197, 21.5183, 5.3471)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987D2B #2B4698

analogous

#98472B #987D2B #7C982B

triadic

#987D2B #2B987D #7D2B98

tetradic

#987D2B #2B9847 #2B4698 #982B7C

square

#987D2B #2B9847 #2B4698 #982B7C

split-complementary

#987D2B #2B7C98 #472B98

monochromatic

#392F10 #68561E #987D2B #C7A439 #D5BA69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#987D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#987D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987D2B

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987D2B	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5726C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 125, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.104 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa269',
    500: '#987d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987d2b;
$custom-light: #baa269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.138,
    "s": 55.897,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59978,
    "c": 0.10419,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987D2B

secondary

#6479BB

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #987D2B

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

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