#997540#997540

#997540 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.084 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997540
RGB	rgb(153, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 58.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, 7.74, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 35.18, 77.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% 0.0209 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.084 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4246, 19.8664, 7.6083)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997540 #406499

analogous

#994840 #997540 #919940

triadic

#997540 #409975 #754099

tetradic

#997540 #409948 #406499 #994091

square

#997540 #409948 #406499 #994091

split-complementary

#997540 #409199 #484099

monochromatic

#43331C #6E542E #997540 #BB945C #CDB087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#997540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#997540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997540

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997540	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83763B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.084 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9c76',
    500: '#997540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997540;
$custom-light: #ba9c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.73,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58637,
    "c": 0.08362,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997540

secondary

#7E95B7

accent

#88D157

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F7F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#120E08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997540

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

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