#997259#997259

#997259 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.061 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997259
RGB	rgb(153, 114, 89)
HSL	hsl(23, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(23, 42%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 41.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 11.98, 19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 23.18, 58.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.0363 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.061 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9581, 19.5295, 12.1149)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997259 #598099

analogous

#995960 #997259 #999259

triadic

#997259 #599972 #725999

tetradic

#997259 #609959 #598099 #925999

square

#997259 #609959 #598099 #925999

split-complementary

#997259 #599992 #596099

monochromatic

#4C382C #725542 #997259 #B3927C #C9B2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#997259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#997259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997259

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997259	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 114, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.061 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89a88',
    500: '#997259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997259;
$custom-light: #b89a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.438,
    "s": 26.446,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58467,
    "c": 0.06145,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997259

secondary

#97AAB7

accent

#9EC365

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F2EF

border

#D0CCCA

text

#120E0B

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997259

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

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