#997242#997242

#997242 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.081 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997242
RGB	rgb(153, 114, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(33, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 56.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, 9.62, 32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 33.73, 73.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.0267 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.081 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1386, 19.2017, 7.7988)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997242 #426999

analogous

#994642 #997242 #959942

triadic

#997242 #429972 #724299

tetradic

#997242 #429946 #426999 #994295

square

#997242 #429946 #426999 #994295

split-complementary

#997242 #429599 #464299

monochromatic

#43321D #6E5230 #997242 #BA915E #CCAE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#997242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#997242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997242

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997242	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80743E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 114, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.081 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9a77',
    500: '#997242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997242;
$custom-light: #ba9a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.103,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58048,
    "c": 0.0813,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997242

secondary

#8099B7

accent

#8ED058

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F7F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#120E09

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997242

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

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