#987E2B#987E2B

#987E2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.105 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987E2B
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 71.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, 0.74, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 46.89, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% -0.0022 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.105 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8469, 21.7728, 5.3896)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987E2B #2B4598

analogous

#98472B #987E2B #7B982B

triadic

#987E2B #2B987E #7E2B98

tetradic

#987E2B #2B9847 #2B4598 #982B7B

square

#987E2B #2B9847 #2B4598 #982B7B

split-complementary

#987E2B #2B7B98 #472B98

monochromatic

#392F10 #68561E #987E2B #C7A539 #D5BB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#987E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#987E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987E2B

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987E2B	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)

#8C7C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92842F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.105 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa369',
    500: '#987e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987e2b;
$custom-light: #baa369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.688,
    "s": 55.897,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60193,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987E2B

secondary

#6479BB

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #987E2B

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

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