#987E23#987E23

#987E23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.110 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987E23
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 77%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, 0.34, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 50.11, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% -0.0043 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.11 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7143, 21.7197, 4.6911)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987E23 #233D98

analogous

#984423 #987E23 #789823

triadic

#987E23 #23987E #7E2398

tetradic

#987E23 #239844 #233D98 #982378

square

#987E23 #239844 #233D98 #982378

split-complementary

#987E23 #237898 #442398

monochromatic

#352C0C #665518 #987E23 #CAA72E #D9BE5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#987E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#987E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987E23

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987E23	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)

#8C7C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.110 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa365',
    500: '#987e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987e23;
$custom-light: #baa365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6013,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987E23

secondary

#596FBE

accent

#66E642

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #987E23

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

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