#987E27#987E27

#987E27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.108 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987E27
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 74.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 0.53, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 48.55, 89.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0033 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.108 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7771, 21.7448, 5.0219)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987E27 #274198

analogous

#984627 #987E27 #799827

triadic

#987E27 #27987E #7E2798

tetradic

#987E27 #279846 #274198 #982779

square

#987E27 #279846 #274198 #982779

split-complementary

#987E27 #277998 #462798

monochromatic

#372D0E #67561B #987E27 #C9A633 #D7BC63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#987E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#987E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987E27

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987E27	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5736D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.108 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa367',
    500: '#987e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987e27;
$custom-light: #baa367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.195,
    "s": 59.162,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6016,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987E27

secondary

#5E74BC

accent

#6AE245

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #987E27

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

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