#987E2C#987E2C

#987E2C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.104 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987E2C
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 71.1%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, 0.79, 46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 46.46, 89.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0019 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.104 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8655, 21.7802, 5.4874)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987E2C #2C4698

analogous

#98482C #987E2C #7C982C

triadic

#987E2C #2C987E #7E2C98

tetradic

#987E2C #2C9848 #2C4698 #982C7C

square

#987E2C #2C9848 #2C4698 #982C7C

split-complementary

#987E2C #2C7C98 #482C98

monochromatic

#392F11 #69571E #987E2C #C6A53B #D4BB6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#987E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#987E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987E2C

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987E2C	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.104 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa36a',
    500: '#987e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987e2c;
$custom-light: #baa36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60202,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987E2C

secondary

#657ABB

accent

#6DDE49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #987E2C

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

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