#997221#997221

#997221 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.106 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997221
RGB	rgb(153, 114, 33)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(41, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 7.51, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 48.54, 81.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.016 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.106 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4300, 18.9182, 4.0668)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997221 #214899

analogous

#993621 #997221 #849921

triadic

#997221 #219972 #722199

tetradic

#997221 #219936 #214899 #992184

square

#997221 #219936 #214899 #992184

split-complementary

#997221 #218499 #362199

monochromatic

#34270B #674C16 #997221 #CB982C #DBB159

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#997221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#997221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997221

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997221	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 114, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.106 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9a63',
    500: '#997221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997221;
$custom-light: #bb9a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57683,
    "c": 0.10614,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997221

secondary

#5679BF

accent

#77E840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997221

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

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