#997356#997356

#997356 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.064 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997356
RGB	rgb(153, 115, 86)
HSL	hsl(26, 28%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(26, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 43.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, 11.06, 21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 24.48, 63.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.0333 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.064 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9481, 19.7069, 11.5027)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997356 #567C99

analogous

#99565B #997356 #999556

triadic

#997356 #569973 #735699

tetradic

#997356 #5B9956 #567C99 #955699

square

#997356 #5B9956 #567C99 #955699

split-complementary

#997356 #569995 #565B99

monochromatic

#4B382A #725640 #997356 #B49279 #CAB2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#997356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#997356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997356

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997356	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 115, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.064 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99b86',
    500: '#997356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997356;
$custom-light: #b99b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.97,
    "s": 28.033,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58607,
    "c": 0.06361,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997356

secondary

#94A8B7

accent

#9AC463

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F2EF

border

#D0CCCA

text

#120E0B

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997356

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

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