#987E2A#987E2A

#987E2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.106 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987E2A
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 72.4%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 0.68, 47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 47.31, 89.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% -0.0025 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.106 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8288, 21.7655, 5.2941)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987E2A #2A4498

analogous

#98472A #987E2A #7B982A

triadic

#987E2A #2A987E #7E2A98

tetradic

#987E2A #2A9847 #2A4498 #982A7B

square

#987E2A #2A9847 #2A4498 #982A7B

split-complementary

#987E2A #2A7B98 #472A98

monochromatic

#382F10 #68561D #987E2A #C8A637 #D5BB67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#987E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#987E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987E2A

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987E2A	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#8C7C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5736D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.106 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa369',
    500: '#987e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987e2a;
$custom-light: #baa369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60184,
    "c": 0.10551,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987E2A

secondary

#6277BB

accent

#6CE048

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #987E2A

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

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