#997939#997939

#997939 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.091 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997939
RGB	rgb(153, 121, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 62.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 4.91, 39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 39.42, 82.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% 0.0116 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.091 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7138, 20.7438, 6.7830)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997939 #395999

analogous

#994939 #997939 #899939

triadic

#997939 #399979 #793999

tetradic

#997939 #399949 #395999 #993989

square

#997939 #399949 #395999 #993989

split-complementary

#997939 #398999 #493999

monochromatic

#403218 #6C5628 #997939 #BE9A51 #CFB47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#997939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#997939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997939

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997939	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 121, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.091 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9f72',
    500: '#997939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997939;
$custom-light: #ba9f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 45.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5938,
    "c": 0.09125,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997939

secondary

#768CB8

accent

#7ED552

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F7F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#120E08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997939

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

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