#997138#997138

#997138 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.090 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997138
RGB	rgb(153, 113, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 63.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 9.40, 37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 38.36, 75.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% 0.0247 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.09 74)
XYZ	xyz(19.7570, 18.8695, 6.3422)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997138 #386099

analogous

#994138 #997138 #909938

triadic

#997138 #389971 #713899

tetradic

#997138 #389941 #386099 #993890

square

#997138 #389941 #386099 #993890

split-complementary

#997138 #389099 #413899

monochromatic

#3F2F17 #6C5028 #997138 #BF914F #CFAD7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#997138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#997138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997138

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997138	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 113, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.090 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9970',
    500: '#997138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997138;
$custom-light: #ba9970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.258,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57704,
    "c": 0.08968,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.18868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997138

secondary

#7490B8

accent

#88D652

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#120E08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997138

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

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