#987E2E#987E2E

#987E2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.103 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987E2E
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 69.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 0.91, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 45.60, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% -0.0014 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.103 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9040, 21.7956, 5.6902)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987E2E #2E4898

analogous

#98492E #987E2E #7D982E

triadic

#987E2E #2E987E #7E2E98

tetradic

#987E2E #2E9849 #2E4898 #982E7D

square

#987E2E #2E9849 #2E4898 #982E7D

split-complementary

#987E2E #2E7D98 #492E98

monochromatic

#3A3012 #695720 #987E2E #C5A43E #D3BA6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#987E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#987E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987E2E

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987E2E	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)

#8C7C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.103 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa36b',
    500: '#987e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987e2e;
$custom-light: #baa36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6022,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987E2E

secondary

#687CBA

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #987E2E

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

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