#987E2F#987E2F

#987E2F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.102 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987E2F
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 69.1%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 0.97, 45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 45.15, 88.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% -0.0011 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.102 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9239, 21.8036, 5.7952)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987E2F #2F4998

analogous

#984A2F #987E2F #7E982F

triadic

#987E2F #2F987E #7E2F98

tetradic

#987E2F #2F984A #2F4998 #982F7E

square

#987E2F #2F984A #2F4998 #982F7E

split-complementary

#987E2F #2F7E98 #4A2F98

monochromatic

#3B3112 #695721 #987E2F #C4A340 #D2BA6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#987E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#987E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987E2F

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987E2F	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)

#8C7C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.102 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa36c',
    500: '#987e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987e2f;
$custom-light: #baa36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.143,
    "s": 52.764,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60229,
    "c": 0.10183,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987E2F

secondary

#697DBA

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #987E2F

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

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