#997239#997239

#997239 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.089 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997239
RGB	rgb(153, 114, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 62.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, 8.90, 36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 38.04, 76.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.0233 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.089 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8938, 19.1038, 6.5097)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997239 #396099

analogous

#994239 #997239 #909939

triadic

#997239 #399972 #723999

tetradic

#997239 #399942 #396099 #993990

square

#997239 #399942 #396099 #993990

split-complementary

#997239 #399099 #423999

monochromatic

#403018 #6C5128 #997239 #BE9251 #CFAE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#997239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#997239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997239

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997239	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 114, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.089 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9a71',
    500: '#997239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997239;
$custom-light: #ba9a71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 45.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57922,
    "c": 0.08903,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997239

secondary

#7691B8

accent

#88D552

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#120E08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997239

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

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